BOUGUER, Pierre (1698-1758). Nouveau traité de navigation, contenant la théorie et la pratique du pilotage . Paris: Hippolyte-Louis Guerin & Louis-François-Delatour, 1753. First edition of a treatise on navigation by ‘the leading French theoretical authority on all things nautical’ (DSB). Its emphasis on mathematical theory, instruments of measurement, and astronomic observation underlines the considerable amount of scientific knowledge required by a naval officer. Polak 1053. Quarto (252 x 185mm). Half-title, title-page printed in red and black, 13 engraved folding plates including one showing wind-direction printed in red and black. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt (lightly restored).
BOUGUER, Pierre (1698-1758). Nouveau traité de navigation, contenant la théorie et la pratique du pilotage . Paris: Hippolyte-Louis Guerin & Louis-François-Delatour, 1753. First edition of a treatise on navigation by ‘the leading French theoretical authority on all things nautical’ (DSB). Its emphasis on mathematical theory, instruments of measurement, and astronomic observation underlines the considerable amount of scientific knowledge required by a naval officer. Polak 1053. Quarto (252 x 185mm). Half-title, title-page printed in red and black, 13 engraved folding plates including one showing wind-direction printed in red and black. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt (lightly restored).
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