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175838852Paris: Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert 1758. x. 4to. xliv 484 pp. b/w folding plates engraved frontispiece. <br /><br />Second edition of the best 18th century work on European shipbuilding corrected expanded and revised. The author was inspector general of the marine and applied his scientific knowledge to the improvement of naval construction. This is a practical treatise on shipbuilding and gives a detailed account of the construction of a ship of 70 cannons.Scott 288. Polak 2860. Bound in original full mottled calf rebacked to match with original label. Scattered light foxing but a good copy of an important book. Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert books