ARRANGED, WITH INTRODUCTION, BY CLAUDE S. GILL, MASTER MARINER - Steel's Elements of Mastmaking, Sailmaking, and Rigging, from the 1794 Edition

New York, Edward W. Sweetman. 9999, Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Very good condition except spine bit dull. All plates in back pocket present in good condition. "Reproduced by the photolithographic process from the 1932 edition". No date, 1950s? "with fifty-nine folding and other plates, drawn to scale, illustrating the masts, sails, yards, rigging etc, for every class of vessel from the full-rigged ship to the ship's boat, including the progressive method of rigging ships and an illustrated section describing the principal foreign rigs". Very Good/No Jacket.