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WITSEN, Nicolaes

Aeloude en hedendaegsche scheeps-bouw en bestier: Waer in wijtloopigh wert verhandelt, de wijze van Scheeps-timmeren, by Grieken en Romeynen

Amsterdam
"Casparus Commelijn; Broer, Jan Appelaer"
1671

€3.800 - €4.500

"In-folio, (14), 516; 40, (4) pp, ill. with engr. front. by Romeyn de Hooghe and 114 engraved plates after N. Witsen, mostly full page, one folding. Numb. I-CIX and A-E. Without the portrait, else complete. Half calf binding, spine repaired, corners bumped"

"The work is abundantly illustrated, clearly showing all aspects of the ship's construction as well as ancient and non-European ship building. The book treats the history of marine architecture, presents a comparison between West European techniques of shipbuilding and that of other cultures, discusses marine law, customs and discipline, explains marine terminology and proverbs, etc. Cf. Hoogendoorn, Witsen N04; Bierens de Haan 5368; NHSM p. 743. Original edition, this work became so scarce that a facsimile was printed in 1994. Heraldic bookplate 'ex bibl. Raschkiana'"

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