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De la theorie de la manoeuvre des vaisseaux

Renau d'Eliçagaray, Bernard, 1652-1719, Sauveur, Joseph, 1653-1716 · 1689 · A Paris : Chez Estienne Michallet, premier imprimeur du roy, ruë S. Jacques, à l'image S. Paul · 8 pictures

A 1689 Paris treatise on ship handling by Bernard Renau d'Eliçagaray and Joseph Sauveur, printed by Estienne Michallet for navigators and naval officers. Its pictures are woodcut printers' ornaments: a leafy scroll band, a central floral medallion with a face, and a tulip-and-flower bouquet, useful to designers seeking historic European borders and vignettes.

Navigation · Naval art and science · Imprint 1689

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