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SUTHERLAND, William. The Ship-builders Assistant; or, Some essays towards compleating the art of marine architecture, London: for A. Bell and R. Smith, 1711, small 4°, FIRST EDITION, 10 folding engraved plates only (of 12), woodcut illustrations, contemporary panelled calf (spine a little worn), Scott bookplate. [Scott 186; Maggs Nautica 619] With the third edition of the same work (London, W. and J. Mount, 1755) in contemporary speckled calf (spine restored, new endpapers, the first plate cleanly but severely torn and repaired, some thumb soiling). [Maggs Nautica 2300] (2)