A naval expositor : shewing and explaining the words and terms of art belonging to the parts, qualities, and proportions of building, rigging, furnishing, & fitting a ship for sea : also all species that are received into the magazines, and on what services they are used and issued : together with the titles of all the inferior officers belonging to a ship, with an abridgment of their respective duties / by Thomas Riley Blanckley.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by E. Owen, in Warwick Lane, and engraved by Paul Fourdrinier at Charing Cross, MDCCL [1750]
Physical Description:
[8], 191, [1] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
An illustrated lexicon, arranged alphabetically. Entry words, some accompanied by illustrations, are printed by copperplate engraving in the left-hand margin. Definitions, on the remainder of the page, are printed in letterpress.
Subject Terms:
Naval art and science -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Sea life. | Shipping -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800. | Owen, E. -- Publisher. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1750.