[ACCOUNT OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE] Some Account of the Institution, Plan, and Present State, of the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture. With the premiums offered by the society, list of members, and the rules and orders, London: printed (by order), September 1792, 8°, second issue, xxxviii + 81pp., one folding engraved plate (lacking half title) [bound with:] The Report of the Committee appointed to manage the Experiments of the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture, London: printed (by order of the Society), May 1794, 8°, FIRST EDITION, [4] + 12pp., half title, 2 folding engraved plates (both soiled, spotted and with tears to margins), contemporary sheep (rubbed, spine restored, new endpapers). [Scott 436 & 447; Adams & Waters 3230 & 3226]

[ACCOUNT OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE] Some Account of the Institution, Plan, and Present State, of the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture. With the premiums offered by the society, list of members, and the rules and orders, London: printed (by order), September 1792, 8°, second issue, xxxviii + 81pp., one folding engraved plate (lacking half title) [bound with:] The Report of the Committee appointed to manage the Experiments of the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture, London: printed (by order of the Society), May 1794, 8°, FIRST EDITION, [4] + 12pp., half title, 2 folding engraved plates (both soiled, spotted and with tears to margins), contemporary sheep (rubbed, spine restored, new endpapers). [Scott 436 & 447; Adams & Waters 3230 & 3226]

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[ACCOUNT OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE] Some Account of the Institution, Plan, and Present State, of the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture. With the premiums offered by the society, list of members, and the rules and orders, London: printed (by order), September 1792, 8°, second issue, xxxviii + 81pp., one folding engraved plate (lacking half title) [bound with:] The Report of the Committee appointed to manage the Experiments of the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture, London: printed (by order of the Society), May 1794, 8°, FIRST EDITION, [4] + 12pp., half title, 2 folding engraved plates (both soiled, spotted and with tears to margins), contemporary sheep (rubbed, spine restored, new endpapers). [Scott 436 & 447; Adams & Waters 3230 & 3226]

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The Report is signed at the end "By order of the Society, Joseph Brockbank, Sec." The Royal Institution of Naval Architects traces its origins to the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture formed in 1791 in response to a concern about the apparent superiority of French warship design.

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