Lot n° 325
Estimation :
900 - 1000
EUR
BURGUES MISSIESSY (E.). Installation des vaisseaux. Paris, I - Lot 325
BURGUES MISSIESSY (E.). Installation des vaisseaux. Paris, Imprimerie de la République, an VI [1798].
In-4, speckled basane, smooth spine decorated.
First edition illustrated with 9 hors-texte plates, folded several times.
The author offers here a detailed analysis of the use to which each part of a vessel is put, and the objects that are specific to it: the hold, the false deck, the first and second batteries, the forecastle and gunwales, and the exterior of the vessel. It also specifies the distribution of each crewman. (Polak 1322.) A fine copy, with a few wet spots.
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