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'A NEW BOOK OF ORNAMENTS FOR THE USE OF ALL WHO ARE ANYWAY CONVERSANT IN DESIGNING, BUILDING, CARVING, PAINTING AND DRAWING SHIPS',
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'A NEW BOOK OF ORNAMENTS FOR THE USE OF ALL WHO ARE ANYWAY CONVERSANT IN DESIGNING, BUILDING, CARVING, PAINTING AND DRAWING SHIPS',

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'A NEW BOOK OF ORNAMENTS FOR THE USE OF ALL WHO ARE ANYWAY CONVERSANT IN DESIGNING, BUILDING, CARVING, PAINTING AND DRAWING SHIPS',
J. Spilsbury, London, c.1760, carving plans for the principal areas of a Royal Navy vessel, eight single-sided pages bound with a twine loop and contained in a marbled folder (later) -- 9½ x 7½in. (24 x 19cm.)
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Lot Essay

This rare publication records useful details for the carving plans of approximately thirty years earlier. A letter from the National Maritime Museum accompanying this lot suggests that this is probably the stage at which it [i.e. the carving] has become obsolescent in practice

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