[Travel - Navy]. VIAL DU CLAIRBOIS (Honoré-Sébastien). Traité élémentaire de la construction des vaisseaux, à l'usage des élèves de la marine, composé & publié, d'après les ordres de Monseigneur le Maréchal de Castries, Ministre & Secrétaire d'État au Département de la Marine.
Paris, chez Clouzier, 1787.
In-4°, marbled calf, spine decorated, red edges (period binding).
Intended for students, the author describes with precision the different parts of the ship including the pegging, the operation of launching it into the water or the theory of naval architecture... Decorated with 20 DEPLIANT PLATES, engraved by Benard. Some foxing, creased boards, damaged covers (Chadenat, 203 - Polak, 9434).
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