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Creator:
Charnock, John, 1756–1807
Title(s):
An history of marine architecture : including an enlarged and progressive view of the nautical regulations and naval history, both civil and military, of all nations, especially of Great Britain : derived chiefly from original manuscripts, as well in private collections as in the great public repositories : and deduced from the earliest period to the present time : in three volumes / by John Charnock, Esq. F.S.A.
Published/Created:
London : Printed for R. Faulder [and 23 others in London] ... and S. Deighton, Cambridge, by Bye and Law, St. John's Square, Clerkenwell, MDCCC-MDCCCII [1800-1802]
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 33 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
VM15 C43 1800+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"The most authoritative book on eighteenth-century shipbuilding published in England"--Abbey.
Engravings by Inigo Barlow, John Greig, Thomas Hall, James Newton, and Charles Tomkins; after William Alexander, John Charnock, A.L. Van Kaldenbach, T. Kinnersley, John Scott, Robert Shipster, George Staples, and Willem van de Velde.
V. 1 and 2 printed by Bye and Law. V. 3 printed by Nichols and Son.
Added engraved t.p. in v. 1.
English short title catalogue, T011210
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 331
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in blind- and gilt-stamped red morocco; gilt edges. Covers panelled with interlacing panels in gilt and blind. Blue watered silk endpapers.
Subject Terms:
Bye and Law -- Printer.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1800–1802.
Great Britain -- History, Naval.
Naval architecture -- History.
Naval history.
Nichols and Son -- Printer.
R. Faulder -- Publisher.
Shipbuilding -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1800-1802.
Contributors:
Alexander, William, 1767–1816, ill.
Charnock, John, 1756–1807, ill.
Kaldenbach, A. L. van, ill.
Scott, John, 1774–1827, ill.
Serres, Dominic, 1719–1793, ill.
Staples, George, ill.
Velde, Willem van de, 1610 or 11–1693, ill.
Velde, Willem van de, 1633–1707, ill.
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820, ill.
Barlow, Inigo, engraver.
Greig, John, active 1803–1853.
Hall, Thomas, active 1772–1800, engraver.
Kinnersley, T. (Thomas), engraver.
Newton, James, 1748–approximately 1804, engraver.
Shipster, Robert, engraver.
Tomkins, Charles, 1757–1823.
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