Naval tactics, or, A treatise of evolutions and signals, with cuts : lately published in France : for the use of the cadets, or guard- marines, of the academy at Brest : and now established as a complete system of the marine discipline of that nation

Naval tactics, or, A treatise of evolutions and signals, with cuts : lately published in France : for the use of the cadets, or guard- marines, of the academy at Brest : and now established as a complete system of the marine discipline of that nation

Treatise of evolutions and signals, with cuts|Tactique navale, ou, Traité des évolutions et des signaux|Some familiar thoughts and observations on naval discipline in general, sea-engagements, &c.|Proposal for encreasing the strength of the British navy|Digitized image available [page 1].

London Printed for W. Johnston ... 1767

xxvi [i.e. xxiv], 152 p., VIII folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm. (4to)

359.42 B594, 1767e

(OCoLC)34584853

Translation of: Tactique navale, ou, Traité des évolutions et des signaux.
Sig. K4r, half title: Some familiar thoughts and observations on naval discipline in general, sea-engagements, &c. ... (p. [71]-112); sig. Q1r, half title: A proposal for encreasing the strength of the British navy ... (p. [113]-152)
Signatures: [a]4 b-c4 B-V4.
Dedicated to Sir Edward Hawke by the translator; dedicated to Duke de Choiseul by the author.
"The report of a select committee appointed by the Royal Academy of Sciences, to examine the work of Monsieur de Morogues", signed: done at Paris this 9th day of March, 1663 [i.e. 1763], Chabert, Clairaut [and] Duhamel, du Monceau ... (p. vii-viii)
L1996F85
Library also has 1763 original edition.
Top margin of t.p. excised with loss to second word of title.

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