EULER, Leonhard. Théorie Complète de la Construction et de la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux, Paris: Claude-Antoine Jombert, 1776, 8°, second edition in French, 6 folding engraved plates (plates lightly spotted, tear at head of R4 affecting 4 lines of text), contemporary blue speckled boards (upper joints cracked but cords holding), early ownership inscription of L. C. Bouvier to title, Scott bookplate. [Scott 360; Polak 3249]

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EULER, Leonhard. Théorie Complète de la Construction et de la Manoeuvre des Vaisseaux, Paris: Claude-Antoine Jombert, 1776, 8°, second edition in French, 6 folding engraved plates (plates lightly spotted, tear at head of R4 affecting 4 lines of text), contemporary blue speckled boards (upper joints cracked but cords holding), early ownership inscription of L. C. Bouvier to title, Scott bookplate. [Scott 360; Polak 3249]

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An earlier French edition had been published by the Imperial Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, in 1773.

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