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London: David Steel. VG+. 1794. Hardcover. Hardbacks in Very Good+ condition without dust jackets. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Emblematic frontis, 94 plates, many of which fold, and two of which include volvelles. One volvelle reproduced in facsimile. Volvelle plate detached. Rebound in antique style calf. First edition of the first attempt in English to publish a compendiium of all the knowledge required by a seaman. Includes sections on mast-making, anchor-making, sail-making, block-making, rigging, seamanship, naval tactics and tables of the quantities and dimensions of standing and running rigging, as well as vocabularies for each section. "It was probably best and most detailed work to have appeared on the subject in the English language up to date". -Witt p. 29. Craig p. 22 . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

London: Printed For David Steel, Union-Road, Little Tower Hill, 1794. Full Calf. Fine. Rare First Edition of Steel's exhaustive treatise on shipbuilding (complete in two continuously paginated volumes bound as one), a massive work addressing all things maritime in the age of sail. Demy 4to (262 x 204mm): xv,[3],185,185*,186-240; [4],245*-260*,244-425,[5],147,[1]pp, with 95 inserted copper-engraved plates (some folding and double-page), depicting shipbuilding, masts, ropes, sails, and the like; two volvelles (one defective), and numerous full-page tables. (Pagination is continuous but highly irregular, per ESTC.) Contemporary full tree calf covers with old reback, flat spine gilt in six compartments, red leather lettering piece gilt, marbled end papers, separate title pages. Book plate of conservationist Frederick E. Ellis (1916-2010), of Shaw Island, Washington. A superb example in period binding, tightly bound and clean throughout, with excellent impressions of the plates; compass volvelle absent… Read More