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DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, HENRI-LOUIS. Traité de la Fabrique des Manoeuvres pour les Vaisseaux; ou, L'Art de la Corderie Perfectionné [with supplement]. 18 (instead of 13) folding engraved plates, including 5 duplicates in Volume 1. [2] (of [4]), xl, 464; [6], [3]-114 pages; first volume lacks half-title (not called for in second). Together, 2 volumes in one. 4to, 19th-century 1/4 sheep, spine worn; some toning and mostly minor foxing, 19th-century owner's stamp on Volume 1 title, 2 tiny wormholes through preliminaries and the 2 plates of hemp plants, last plate in Volume 2 frayed along fore edge. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1747; chez Desaint, 1769
first edition of an exhaustive treatise on the manufacture of rope for nautical use, with a discussion of the characteristics, cultivation, and processing of hemp, and a glossary of technical terms.
