Shipbuilder's Repository 1788; or, A Treatise on Marine Architecture : wherein are contained the principles of the art, with the theory and practical parts fully explained; and every instruction required in the building and completing a ship, of every class, from the forming of the draught, to the launching into the water. Calculated to the capacity of young beginners: compiled and digested in a manner entirely new, and laid down different from what was hitherto appaered on the subject. The whole being intended as a Complete Companion for those Naval Architects, desirous of attaining a competent knowledge of that important art.
TitleThe Shipbuilder's Repository 1788; or, A Treatise on Marine Architecture : wherein are contained the principles of the art, with the theory and practical parts fully explained; and every instruction required in the building and completing a ship, of every class, from the forming of the draught, to the launching into the water. Calculated to the capacity of young beginners: compiled and digested in a manner entirely new, and laid down different from what was hitherto appaered on the subject. The whole being intended as a Complete Companion for those Naval Architects, desirous of attaining a competent knowledge of that important art.
EditionFacsimile edition
Place of publicationSussex [Historical County], London
PublisherJean Boudriot, [printed for the author]
Year of publication1992
Period18th century
Paginationviii, 472, iii p.
Illustrationsillus. fold., tables
Dimensions21 x 25.5 cm
Materialbook
Class numberVM145 1992
ISBN0-948864-13-3
NotesDavid MacGregor collection.
'Printing limited to 750 copies: 700 bound in clothe, numbered 1-700, and 50 bound in quarter leather, numbered I-L. In addition, there are a small number of review copies marked 'Not for Sale''
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'Printing limited to 750 copies: 700 bound in clothe, numbered 1-700, and 50 bound in quarter leather, numbered I-L. In addition, there are a small number of review copies marked 'Not for Sale''
This copy is marked 'Not for Sale'
Subjectnaval architecture, shipbuilding