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Good++, Good Praeger 1971 4TO, B/W Illus, Hardcover Hardcover in dust jacket. A 1971 facsimile of the classic eighteenth century treatise on shipbuilding. Very nice brown cloth boards with illustration in black. Minor edge wear. Text pages are clean. Fold outs and illustrations throughout. Beige dust jacket has edge wear chipping and rubbing. Rear of jacket is noticeably soiled. Looks good in protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.

Adlard Coles Limited, London, 1979. 4. Hardcover. Good. Boek vol grote uitslaande platen; Roestplekjes/foxing; gebruiksspoortjes

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