The Seamanís Manual, Containing all the technical words and phrases used at sea and belonging to a ship; including all those introduced in later years, and not to be met with in any work of the kind; alphabetically arranged. Together with instructions to young men, entering on a seafaring life; with the duty of a midshipman.
The Seamanís Manual, Containing all the technical words and phrases used at sea and belonging to a ship; including all those introduced in later years, and not to be met with in any work of the kind; alphabetically arranged. Together with instructions to young men, entering on a seafaring life; with the duty of a midshipman.
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- Autore
- Wilson (Robert)
- Editori
- London: Printed for the Trusters, at the Literary-Press, [1790.]
- Soggetto
- NAVAL MARITIME DICTIONARIES NAUTICAL TERMS
Descrizione
First and only edition, 12mo (171 x 101 mm), xi, [1], 108pp., cont. sheep-backed marbled boards, joints split, spine chipped. A rare dictionary of nautical terms by Robert Wilson, a lieutenant in His Majesty's Navy, and teacher at the Marine-Academy at Chelsea. Provenance: Contemporary ink signature ìJ. Hill Jun.î at head of title and ìJ. Hill, Down House, Bristolî on front free endpaper, with pencil sketch of captain welcoming a lady and child on board ship on front free endpaper and a ship on rear, bookseller's ticket of J. Harvey of Weymouth. Adams & Waters, p. 310; ESTC records only the BL copy but JISC adds those in the National Library of Scotland, University of St. Andrews and the Wellcome libraries.
