Nov 08, 2011 - Sale 2260

Sale 2260 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 1,080
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(ARCHITECTURE.) Charnock, John. An History of Marine Architecture. Including and Enlarged and Progressive View of the Nautical Regulations and Naval History, both Civil and Military, of All Nations, especially of Great Britain. 3 volumes. 99 plates comprising 34 uncolored aquatints and 65 engravings, many folding. 368; 496; 436 pages, including engraved additional title dated 1801 (foxed). Thick small folio, late 19th-century 1/2 maroon sheep, rebacked in modern gilt-lettered buckram; scattered foxing and offsetting, some dampstaining, mostly to folding plates, a few margins creased or with minor chips, a few captions cropped, some contemporary penciled marginalia, but most plates still clean with dark impressions. London: G. Faulder et al., 1800-02

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first edition of "the first serious study of British naval architecture" (ODNB). Pages 285-336 in Volume 3 deal with shipbuilding in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Abbey Life 331.