JUAN Y SANTACILLA, JORGE. Examen Maritime, Théorique et Pratique; ou, Traité de Méchanique, appliqué à la Construction et á la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux & autres Bâtiments. French translation by Pierre Lévêque. 14 folding engraved plates. xii, 396, 12; [2], 364, 20, 13-14 pages. 2 volumes. 4to, 254x203 mm, contemporary mottled sheep gilt with the supra-libros of the Chambre Littéraire of Nantes on front covers, spine ends damaged, Volume 1 joints cracked, cords intact; contents toned with scattered spotting, occasional dampstaining in lower outer corners of some plates and text leaves. 19th-century stamp of the Bibliothèque du Cercle Louis XVI on titles, their smaller stamp on recto of plates; booklabel of Harrison D. Horblit. Nantes: (Augustin-Jean Malassis for) l'Auteur [i. e., translator] et al., 1783