Traité pratique du gréement des vaisseaux et autres batimens de mer: : ouvrage publié par ordre du Roi, pour l'instruction des elèves de la marine, sous le Ministère de M. de Fleurieu; / par m. Lescallier ... Avec planches & figures.
Baron Daniel Lescallier (1743-1822)
Category
Books
Date
1791
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3164534
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., plates (folded) ; 4to. Imperfect: wanting v.2. Provenance: manuscript inscription on verso of half-title: "This Book was found onboard the French Corvette L'Aurore taken by the Thames in the Bay of Biscay 18th Jan: 1801." [the Thames was commanded by Captain Lukin, later Vice-Admiral Lukin]. Manuscript inscription on title page: "W. Lukin" [i.e.Vice-Admiral William Lukin, later William Lukin Windham, (1768-1833)]. Binding: late eighteenth-century full grey cloth; sewn onto five raised bands; printed spine label (black ink on white paper): 'Traité du gréement / Tome I'.
Makers and roles
Baron Daniel Lescallier (1743-1822) France. Ministère de la marine et des colonies