This volume contains a selection of 2500 maritime and related illustrations which have been gathered together from a wide range of sources. Colour images, line drawings, diagrams and vignettes are amassed from sources that span graphic types from antiquity to the present day. Subjects covered include: ships and ship types; ropes and rigging; anchors and armaments; and battle scenes, marine views, as well as portreaits of naval heroes and villains. The book brings together a collection of visual sources material, and charts ...
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This volume contains a selection of 2500 maritime and related illustrations which have been gathered together from a wide range of sources. Colour images, line drawings, diagrams and vignettes are amassed from sources that span graphic types from antiquity to the present day. Subjects covered include: ships and ship types; ropes and rigging; anchors and armaments; and battle scenes, marine views, as well as portreaits of naval heroes and villains. The book brings together a collection of visual sources material, and charts the history of maritime illustration.
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1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (small tears at head of spine and fore edge of upper cover-in protective cover). Pp. 192, illus with coloured plates and b&w drawings (no inscriptions).