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BOUGUER, Pierre (1698-1758). De la manoeuvre des vaisseaux, ou traité de méchanique et de dynamique; dans lequel on réduit a des solutions très-simples les problêmes de marine les plus difficiles, qui ont pour objet le mouvement du Navire. Paris: H. L. Guerin and L.F. Delatour, 1757.
4o (246 x 194 mm). Half-title, title printed in red and black. 15 engraved folding plates (some light dustsoiling). Early 19th-century half calf, marbled boards (some minor wear to extremities).
FIRST EDITION of one of the most important 18th-century scientific works on seamanship. The plates illustrate systems of pulleys, inclined planes, etc. Graesse I:509.
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FIRST EDITION of one of the most important 18th-century scientific works on seamanship. The plates illustrate systems of pulleys, inclined planes, etc. Graesse I:509.