Architectura Navalis Mercatoria by Fredrik Chapman - 1971

New York-Washington, Praeger Publishers 1971. 102 (1) p. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth (In good condition but without the dustjacket.)

London: Adlard Coles. VG : in very good condition with lightly rubbed and scuffed dust jacket. 1972. Facsimile Bicentenary Edition Reprint. Brown pictorial hardback cloth cover. 350mm x 250mm (14" x 10"). 102pp. 52 folding plates. Mid 18thC collection of ships plans. First published in 1768, Chapman's treatise was rapidly translated into French, English, Russian and German. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

London: Adlard Coles Limited, 1979. (UK) fourth impression of this edition which first appeared in 1971. The book was first published in Sweden in 1768. No markings, a small bump to the lower edge of back cover, just breaking the cloth, thus Very Good in Very Good (-) dust jacket with some rubbing to the top edge of rear panel and a touch of chipping to the bottom edge of rear panel. Dj is in mylar sleeve. Cloth hardcover, 103pp, LXII lovely fold-out plates showing fine drawings of frigates, hagboats,barks, pinks, launches, pinnaces, barges, smacks, galiots, yawls. Contents: On the resistance which a ship in the motion meets from the water; On the dimensions of ships; On the proportions of privateers; On the proportions of masts and yeards for merchant ships; On the construction of the scale of solidarity; On the measurement for tonnage and stowage; On the accommodation for provisions. Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721-1808) was a naval architect, a vice-admiral in the Swedish navy, and the author… Read More