Subject: Prints - Ships
Period: 1760 (circa)
Publication: Hubner's Staats Zeitungs Lexicon
Color: Hand Color
Size:
8.8 x 7.3 inches
22.4 x 18.5 cm
Small Dutch engraving of the marine architecture of a three-masted 96-gun man-o-war, based on Seutter's great description. The rendering includes a fine view of the ship with detailed diagrams of its equipment, construction, rigging, cutaway detail of the decks, etc. Published in Johann Hubner's Staats Zeitungs Lexicon.
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Condition: A
An excellent impression on watermarked paper, issued folding and now flattened. Minor marginal soiling.