Evolutioner til sjös eller underrättelse hur skieppen, af en örlogs flåtta, hållas uti sin tilbörliga ordning, i anseende til hwarannan, wid alla förefallande tilfällen och rörelser. Uppå hans kongl. maij:ts allernådigste befallning [Evolutions at sea or [.] how ships in a battle fleet, should be kept in proper order [.].

(HOSTE, PAUL)

Publication Date: 1752

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Karlskrona, J. Winqwist, (1752). Folio. (6),372,(6) pp. With 115 engraved plates (1 folded) which are included in the pagination. Mid-19th-century half calf, worn. Faintly sprinkled edges. Sparsely gilt spine and sprinkled edges. Nice copy with occasional minor stains. From the library at Biby Manor in Södermanland, Sweden.The French original, "L'art des armées navales ou traité des evolutions navales" was published in 1696 and a second edition was printed in 1727. Translated by Christoffer Falkengréen. The nice plates were engraved by Daniel Petersson Milander, who was employed at the Admirality in Karlskrona. In the foreword, Falkengréen writes that he, together with four other naval officers (one of them was his father, admiral Abraham Falkengréen), has excluded some parts which were more odd than necessary and added a lot more which had been improved upon and invented since the publication of the original edition. Paul Hoste (1642-1700) was professor of mathematics in Toulon. He had spent twelve years at sea in the French navy and his work on naval warfare tactics became standard within the field for the main part of the 18th century. Christoffer Falkengréen (1722-89), who eventually became councillor and vice-admiral, was in French service for a few years, and, among other things, commanded the French frigate "Le Volage". Seller Inventory # 45445B

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Title: Evolutioner til sjös eller underrättelse hur...

Publication Date: 1752

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good