Verlag: KESSINGER PUB CO Sep 2010, 2010
ISBN 10: 1168728789 ISBN 13: 9781168728784
Sprache: Englisch
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.
Verlag: John Russell Smith. Translated by J.N. Strange., London, 1846
Anbieter: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Kanada
Full original blue cloth boards. Upper and lower with blind framing and blind motifs. Upper with title in gilt in gilt frame., Honore Sebastien Vial de Clairbois (1733 ? 1816) was a French soldier, naval engineer, and naval historian. His Traite Elementaire was originally published in 1787 and became an important reference work for naval engineers at the time. , Size : Thin 8vo.(225x140 mm), With 5 folding plates, all but one numbered, showing diagrams and cross-sections of ships and other pieces of naval architecture. Interior is clean and crisp. Plates loose inside. Spine sunned. Lower free endpaper with tear at gutter. A very good example.