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A Treatise on Ship-Building, with Explanations and Demonstrations Respecting the Architectura Navalis Mercatoria
by Chapman Frederick Henry De
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cambridge: Printed by J. Smith. Sold By Deighton & Sons , 1820. Book measures 28x23.cm. xv,[1],308pp, 2 folding tables, 23 plates, of which 14 are folding. Bound in half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt lines and lettering, top coloured edge, marble endpapers. Calf light rubbed, some minor abrasion wear. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, previous owners bookplate, occasional light spotting, some light foxing to a few plates.. Pages and plates in good clean condition. A very nice copy. F. First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013038
- Title
- A Treatise on Ship-Building, with Explanations and Demonstrations Respecting the Architectura Navalis Mercatoria
- Author
- Chapman Frederick Henry De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed by J. Smith. Sold By Deighton & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1820
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Ship Building
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Antiquarian; Naval;
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Calf
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- Bookplate
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Raised Band(s)
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