Author: KONINKLIJKE ROTTERDAMSCHE LL0YD - LEIGH-BENNETT, E.P.,
Title: History of a House Flag.
Description: Rotterdam, nd. [c. 1951]. sm. 8°. cloth, title in black within a gilt tooled rectangle on upper boards. 40, [2], 13pp.(appendix by Mrs. D. Leigh-Bennett). frontisp.(portr.), ills. on 12 plates of which 1 coloured and 1 col. plate depict. Company's Flags, tabs. in text and full-p. listing company's fleet: sailing-ships, Steam-and Motor Vessels, in appendix another list of company's fleet up till 1951(Passenger Ships, Cargo cum Passenger Vessels). The first part of this booklet is a concise history of the Rotterdam Lloyd, from 1839-1951; the appendix is a descr. history of the origin and genesis of the Company's Flag. MINT copy. Scarce.

Keywords: maritime