BOUGUER, [Pierre, (1698-1758)]. - De la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux ou traité de mécanique et de dynamique. - Paris, Guerin et Delatour, 1757.
4to. Contemp. mottled calf, spine with leather label, raised bands and richly gilt; upper joint cracked but firm. 15 engr. folding plates. (4), XXX, 520, (2) pp.; fresh copy.
First edition of one of the most important 18th century scientific works on seamanship. «The first writer on seamanship who went beyond a glossary, and who looked at the way of a ship on the sea scientifically...» (Encycl. Brit.). Cf. als DSB II, 343.
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