DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri-Louis. - Lot 111

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DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri-Louis. - Lot 111
DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Henri-Louis. Élémens de l'architecture navale ou Traité pratique de la construction des vaisseaux. A Paris, chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1758. In-4, frontispiece, XLIV (without p. I-II)-48-XXIX pp. and pp. 51-484, 24 plates (including pl. 8 and 9 on the same sheet). Contemporary marbled calf, ribbed spine decorated with red morocco title-piece, ornate caissons, red edges (binding rubbed, head cap torn off, leaves slightly oxidized, marginal wetness on some pages). Second edition, partly original, of this work on naval architecture and construction by Duhamel du Monceau, revised, corrected and enlarged. It consists of 42 preliminary leaves including the title page illustrated with a vignette, the dedication and the preface, 484 pages of text with XXIX pages of alphabetical table (table title paginated 49 and first page of table paginated II, resuming pagination at 51). Illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by Chedel after Ozanne, 11 vignettes at the head of each chapter engraved mainly after N. Ozanne and 24 copper-engraved folding plates (plates 8 and 9 on a single folding leaf) showing sections and plans of vessels. Provenance: Ex libris MS Dargigny on title page; J. C. Garrigues, Ingénieur de la Marine (label on upper flyleaf).
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