De Castries - Traité élémentaire de la Mâture des Vaisseaux à l'usage des élèves de la Marine - 1788

Rare illustrated edition of this technical and educational manual intended for the training of future naval officers, which systematically explains the principles of mâture, that is, the art of designing, assembling, and maintaining the masts, yards, and rigging of sailing ships.

The work is set within the context of the reform and modernization of the French navy at the end of the 18th century, a period when technical precision and the codification of knowledge were essential to compete with European maritime powers.

De Castries - Elementary Treatise on Ship Masting for the Use of Naval Students - 1788 - Clousier
294 pages and 24 fold-out pages

Good condition of the binding, book in its original full granulated calf leather from the period, showing signs of use, cracked edges, missing crowns, slight material loss at the spine, rubbed corners, decorated spine with gilt titling, cold-stamped fillets framing the covers.

Good interior condition, slight stains, work enriched with 24 engraved folding plates, marbled endpapers.

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