Duhamel du Monceau, H.L.

Élémens de l'architecture Navale, ou Traité Pratique de la construction Des Vaisseaux. Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1752.

      4to. LV,420,(3) pp. With frontispiece, vignette on title, 10 delicate head-pieces by or after N. Ozanne and (24 illustartions on) 23 folded plates. Contemporary calf, spine rebacked in antique style, raised bands, spine and borders of covers gilt, corners bumped and other traces of use; few stains, some annotations.*Rare first edition of this standardwork on naval architecture. Used but good copy with wide margins. Cat Ned Hist Scheepvaart Museum 747; Kat Ornamentst Berlin 1459. # 15134