Élémens de l'architecture navale, ou traité pratique de la construction des vaisseaux.

Charles-Antoine Jombert, Paris, 1758

A landmark in the literature of naval architecture and shipbuilding.

Description: Contemporary calf, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, raised bands. Contemporary marbled endpapers. Octavo: 25 × 19 cm; pp. [1] ll., xliv, 1–49, ii-xxix, [51]–484. With the frontispiece engraved by Chedel, and engraved by Nicolas Ozanne, 2 vignettes (one on the title page and one on the dedication page), 9 headpieces and 24 numbered plates (on 23 folding plates).

Ref.: Polak: 2859; Scheepvaart Mus.: ii, 747; OL-ID: OL24604183M

Condition: Binding shows some minor bumps and scuffs and a few surface abrasions. The joints are somewhat age brittle. Contents with occasional minor blemish but generally clean. Nonetheless a very good copy.

Notes: Duhamel du Monceau's manual is considered a milestone in the literature of naval architecture and shipbuilding. This second edition, with an additional chapter by the author himself, contains corrections and additional illustrations not included in the first edition of 1752.