Romme : L'art de la marine ou principes et préceptes généraux de l'art de construire, d'armer; de manœuvrer et de conduire les vaisseaux. Paris : Barrois, 1787. in-4 de (2ff)-587p.-(1f) (260 x 198 mm.) . Reliure de l'époque plein basane fauve, dos à nerfs bordé de doubles filets dorés, pièce de titre en maroquin grenat, toutes tranches rouges. Bien complet de ses sept planches dépliantes in fine.
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Paris : Barrois, 1787. in-4 de (2ff)-587p.-(1f) (260 x 198 mm.). Bound in contemporary half calf, boards covered in marbled paper, raised gilt spine with title label, all edges painted red, marbled endpapers. Fine copy . The author ( 1744 - 1805 ) studied in Paris where he befriended Lalande. He became professor of mathematics and navigation in La Rochelle which was the French naval shipbuilding centre in the 18th c. This was partly due to the large provision of oak wood which existed upstream of the Charente river. See Polak, Bibliographie Maritime Française
Nicolas-Charles ROMME
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