Author: GILBERT, J.- Steamships.- navigation.-
Title: Essai sur l'art de la Navigation par la Vapeur.
Description: Paris, Bachelier, Libraire, Quao des Augustins, 1820. 4to. Complete w. half title. W. 3 large fold.engr. pls. at the end. Modern light brown polished hlf.clf., over paste paper brds. [n4, 1 - 7 in 4s, 8 in 1]. (VIII, 58 pp.). (Large paper copy.). (Uncut; a few chips to the edges of the paper; Text throughout evenly browned; plates light browning and spotting). Cat. NHSM II, p. 780: Polak, item 3882 (Erroneously mentions 5 pls.) 'Cet ouvrage expose pour la première fois l'idées de se servir de steamers comme remorqueurs.'.

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