Null [MARINE] Bound manuscript entitled "Mémoire sur la Marine Tome 3". 18th c. …

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[MARINE] Bound manuscript entitled "Mémoire sur la Marine Tome 3". 18th c. Approx. 670 pp. in-4. Chocolate brown morocco, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title page, red edges (period binding). Rubbing to binding, missing headpieces and corners. Missing endpaper. Elegant ruled manuscript. A beautiful handwritten fold-out plate featuring rudder mechanisms and a ship seen from the back, enhanced in watercolor. It is entitled "Élévation et plan d'un gouvernail qui fut construit le 16 septembre 1733 sur la vaisseau du Roy le Conquerant par Mr. Le Chevalier de Lume [...] vérifié par les marins danois et françois"; tables in the text.

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[MARINE] Bound manuscript entitled "Mémoire sur la Marine Tome 3". 18th c. Approx. 670 pp. in-4. Chocolate brown morocco, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title page, red edges (period binding). Rubbing to binding, missing headpieces and corners. Missing endpaper. Elegant ruled manuscript. A beautiful handwritten fold-out plate featuring rudder mechanisms and a ship seen from the back, enhanced in watercolor. It is entitled "Élévation et plan d'un gouvernail qui fut construit le 16 septembre 1733 sur la vaisseau du Roy le Conquerant par Mr. Le Chevalier de Lume [...] vérifié par les marins danois et françois"; tables in the text.

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