MARINE - ROMME (N.-Ch.) - L'art de la marine ou... Lot 72

[MARINE] - ROMME (N.-Ch.) - L'art de la marine ou principes et préceptes-généraux de l'art de construire, d'armer, de manœuvrer et de conduire les vaisseaux - La Rochelle ; P. L. Chauvet, 1787 - 1 volume In-4° - A few rare scattered freckles, notably on the title - 7 engraved plates in intaglio by Sellier folded in fine - A few words crossed out and corrected and 192 pages with 18th century handwritten annotations in black ink in the margin including 2 diagrams, 12 pages with handwritten annotations XIXth century in black ink in the margin including 1 drawing and 1 diagram - Binding of the time basane porphyre - Spine with decorated nerves - Brown morocco title (small lacks) - Green edges of water - Bookstore label against glued to the title: Claudio Bertrand y Bellier in Cadiz - Handwritten bookplate opposite: Enrique MacDonnel, comendador de Palomas en la Orden de Santiago, y Capitan de Navio de la Armada, Cadiz, 1788 and in length to the title - Enrique MacDonnell (1753-1823) was 1 Irish-Spanish admiral known for his participation in several naval battles, including that of Trafalgar - A very good copy in first edition with annotations in the hand of Enrique R. MacDonnel of one of the most important treaties of this author. Geometer and teacher N.-Ch. Romme (1745-1805) obtained the position of royal professor of mathematics and navigation for the students of the navy at the school of Rochefort. He developed numerous researches on fluid resistance and navigation. He is one of the scientists who contributed the most to the progress of navigation in the 18th century.