Architectura navalis mercatoria, navium varii generis mercatoriarum, capulicarum, cursoriarum, aliar...
Architectura navalis mercatoria, navium varii generis mercatoriarum, capulicarum, cursoriarum, aliarumque, cujuscunqve conditionis vel molis, formas et rationes exhibens : exemplis æri incisis, demonstrationibus denique dimensionibus calculisque accuratissimis illustrata / autore, Friderico Henr. Chapman.
About this item
Full title
Publisher
Holmiae, [Sweden] : [Publisher not identified], 1768.
Stockholm, [Sweden] : Jean George Lange 1768.
Call Numbers
MRB/F85
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
- Latin
- Swedish
- French
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
1 unnumbered blank leaf, 6 unnumbered leaves, 62 leaves of plates, 1 unnumbered blank leaf : illustrations (engravings), plans ; 56 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Contents list heading:
Table Generale des plans compris dan les differentes plaches qui composent get ouvage.
Publication information
Publisher
Holmiae, [Sweden] : [Publisher not identified], 1768.
Stockholm, [Sweden] : Jean George Lange 1768.
Analytical title
Tractat om skepps-byggeriet.
Date Published
1768.
1768.
Access and use
Access Conditions
Rare Books copy at MRB/F85: To be issued in Special Collections.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Copy of 'Architectura navalis mercatoria' or 'Mercatoria' with a French language table of contents. The folio is a collection of of contemporary ship and rigging designs and served to play a key role in the development of shipbuilding from the late 1700s. Within the book are shown eleven different types of vessels, principally French, British and D...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Architectura navalis mercatoria, navium varii generis mercatoriarum, capulicarum, cursoriarum, aliarumque, cujuscunqve conditionis vel molis, formas et rationes exhibens : exemplis æri incisis, demonstrationibus denique dimensionibus calculisque accuratissimis illustrata / autore, Friderico Henr. Chapman.
Variant title
Tractat om skepps-byggeriet.
Spine title
Constru des Vaisseau.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
"Årre Sculpsit" -- within margin of title page engraving.
"autore, Friderico Henr. Chapman. S: R: Majest Naupego, R: Acad : Scient Svec : Membro" -- title page.
"Farrr-82, 806/750" -- pencil annotations on front pastedown sheet.
"Imprimer a Stockholm par Jean George Lange 1768" -- within table of contents.
Each plate is printed on two leaves.
Rare Books copy at MRB/F85: purchased from Hordern House, March 2016. Contemporary French mottled calf, raised bands on spine, gilt embossed French Royal Coat of Arms, on front and back covers. Raised bands on spine with gilt embossed fleur-de-lys and anchor devices between bands....
Language note
Table of contents in French, dedication in Swedish.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MRB/F85
Record Identifier
74VKzWj7e0XM
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzWj7e0XM
Other Identifiers
DDC
623.82009485
MMS ID
991023502379702626
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