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001 $ 06/4926
003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a fre
044 # # $a fr
100 1 # $a Paris
245 1 0 $a Essai Sur La Construction Navale Des Peuples Extra-Européens Ou Collection Des Navires Et Pirogues Construits Par Les Habitants De L'Asie, De La Malaisie, Du Grand Océan Et De L'Amérique dessinés et mesurés Par M. Paris, Capitaine De Corvette Pendant Les Voyages Autour Du Monde De L'Astrolabe, La Favorite Et L'Artémise Publié Par Ordre Du Roi sous les auspices de M. le Ministre de la Marine (Atlas)
260 # # $a Paris $b Arthus Bertrand, Libraire, Éditeur Des Nouvelles Annales Des Voyages, Rue Hautefeuille, 23. - Imprimerie Bouchard-Huzard. $c [1841]
300 # # $a 2 vols in one; $c 546 mm. (Folio.)
500 # # $a Vol. I: [6], 156 p. - Vol. II: [4] p., 132 pl.
505 0 # $a Vol. I: [T.p.] - Préface - [Text]; [colophon]. - Vol. II: [T.p.] - Table Des Planches Et Descriptions ... - [Plates].
508 # # $a The outline drawings are signed as drawn by Pâris, engraved by Adam et Lemaitre, and printed by N. Rémond. The lithographs are signed as drawn by Pâris or Sabatier, lithographed by Sabatier, Mazin or Lehnert, and printed by Lemercier, Benard et Cie. or by Formentin et Cie.

Each plate carries the imprint of the publisher, Arthus-Bertrand.

The name of the text printer is repeated in the colophon in the first volume: 'Imprimerie De Madame Veuve Bouchard-Huzard, Rue De L'Éperon, 7.'
520 2 # $a The second part has its own title page, identical with that of the first part except for the addition of the word 'Atlas' after the words 'Ministre de la Marine'.

About half the plates are outline drawings showing the plans and construction of ships; the rest are lithographs showing views of the ships in use at sea.
561 # # $a The verso of the front free-endpaper is inscribed 'S.A.H.', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81. Purchased for RA Library in 1881 (see RA Annual Report for 1881, p. 46).
563 # # $a 19th-century half red morocco, red cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Essai Sur La Construction Navale Des Peuples Extra-Européens' and 'R.A.'
653 # # $a Boats - Ships - Sailing ships - Shipbuilding - Marine engineering - Naval architecture - Asia - Africa - America - Pacific Region - History
655 # 0 $a Essays - Treatises - Ships plans - Plans - Sections - Views - Seascapes - Marines (visual works) - France - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Lithographs - France - 19th century
700 1 # $a Paris, Francois Edmond $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Sabatier $e lithographer
700 1 # $a Lehnert $e lithographer
710 2 # $a Imprimerie Lemercier, Benard & Compagnie $e lithographic printer