MURRAY, Mungo. A Treatise on Ship-building and Navigation ... To which is added by way of appendix another treatise on naval architecture ... by M. Duhamel, London: by D. Henry and R. Cave for the author, and sold by A. Millar [and 4 others], 1754, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 18 folding engraved plates (lacking one leaf at end of the Table of Difference, plate 5 damaged and possibly lacking parts to the volvelle, marginal worming chiefly affecting title and preliminaries, occasional spotting), contemporary calf (rebacked), ownership inscription of John Brockbank, May 16th 1764, to front endpaper, Scott bookplate. [Scott 270; Adams & Waters 2617]

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MURRAY, Mungo. A Treatise on Ship-building and Navigation ... To which is added by way of appendix another treatise on naval architecture ... by M. Duhamel, London: by D. Henry and R. Cave for the author, and sold by A. Millar [and 4 others], 1754, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 18 folding engraved plates (lacking one leaf at end of the Table of Difference, plate 5 damaged and possibly lacking parts to the volvelle, marginal worming chiefly affecting title and preliminaries, occasional spotting), contemporary calf (rebacked), ownership inscription of John Brockbank, May 16th 1764, to front endpaper, Scott bookplate. [Scott 270; Adams & Waters 2617]

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The abridgement of Duhamel du Monceau's Treatise on Naval Architecture has a separate title page, pagination and register. The two errata leaves have been bound before Du Monceau's treatise, while the Table of Difference has been bound aftewards. In common with other copies, this copy lacks the last leaf.

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