BOUGUER, Pierre. De la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux, ou Traité de méchanique et de dynamique, Paris: H. L. Guerin and L. F. Delatour, 1757, 4°, FIRST EDITION, half title, title printed in red and black, 15 folding engraved plates (occasional light thumb-soiling), contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt (neatly repaired, rubbed), ex RINA Library. [Polak 1054]
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BOUGUER, Pierre. De la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux, ou Traité de méchanique et de dynamique, Paris: H. L. Guerin and L. F. Delatour, 1757, 4°, FIRST EDITION, half title, title printed in red and black, 15 folding engraved plates (occasional light thumb-soiling), contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt (neatly repaired, rubbed), ex RINA Library. [Polak 1054]
Provenance
Early ownership inscriptions to title and verso of half title; bookplate of Lady White by descent from the Library of Sir William White (1845-1913).