Add this copy of The Seventy-Four Gun Ship a Practical Treatise on the to cart. $232.00, very good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Naval Institute Press.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 1988. 394 pages. Illustrated, Revised and corrected. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. First published in France in 1977, this is the English translation, revised and corrected, of a major four-volume study. The author, Jean Boudriot, is the world's leading authority on French warships of the sailing era and this work has been written to the highest standards of historical accuracy and research, and benefits from Boudriot's remarkable skill as a draughtsman. The author presents a highly detailed examination of the French 74-gun ship of the 18th century, and a large number of differences emerge from its rival and counterpart built in English yards. The 74-gun ship-of-the-line represents the finest expression of the art of the naval architect, and formed the backbone of the fleets in the latter part of the 18th century. Boudriot has based this work on the 74' of around 1780: the ships that fought in the American War of Independence, and later during the French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars from 1793 to 1815; vessels that would have been very familiar to English admirals from Rodney to Nelson.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 394 pages.
