Auction 359 Old & Rare Books - Various subjects
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SHIPBUILDING -- DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, (H.L.). Grondbeginselen van den scheepsbouw, Of werkdadige Verhandeling der Scheepstimmerkunst. (…) i.h. Neerduits gebracht door een liefhebber der vrye kunsten. Zynde deeze vertaaling, onder het opzigt van twee beroemde Hollandsche scheepsbouwers. The Hague, P. de Hondt & H. Scheurleer, 1757. 38, (2), 349, xx pp. W. engr. front., 9 fine engr. headpieces, 23 engr. on 24 fold. plates, and 7 fold. tables. 4°. Cont. hcf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt back & red label, uncut. (Spine ends dam., outer margins some plates a bit frayed/soiled (due to misfolding), tear in 1 plate, some faint marg. stains).

First Dutch translation of an important work on shipbuilding with large plates depicting the construction of ships. Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782), was a French physician, naval engineer and botanist. - Cat. NHSM II, 748.

€ 500

result € 550

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