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BOUGUER, PIERRE. De la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux; ou, Traité de Méchanique et de Dynamique. 15 folding engraved plates. [4], xxx, 520 pages, including half-title. 4to, contemporary 1/4 red morocco, raised bands rubbed, front joint starting; insignificant marginal foxing, front free endpaper loose; uncut. Harrison D. Horblit booklabel. full-margined copy. Paris: H. L. Guérin & L. F. Delatour, 1757
first edition of a treatise applying principles of physics and mathematics to seamanship, one of the earliest works of its kind. DSB II, 343; Horblit sale 156 (this copy).
