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HUTCHINSON, William (mariner and dockmaster). [A treatise on Practical Seamanship] A Treatise on Naval Architecture founded upon Philosophical and Rational Principles, Liverpool: by T. Billinge, 1794, 4°, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, the last folding (small piece torn from upper margin of frontispiece, title affected by offsetting and crease mark, some spotting and occasional dampstaining), modern speckled half calf over old marbled boards, title with ownership inscription of Wm. Watt, 15 March 1811, Scott Library label. [Scott 445; Adams & Waters 2182]