De la Théorie de la Manœuvre des vaisseaux.
by [RENAU D’ELISSAGARAY, Bernard]
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Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1689.
In-8 de (6) ff. dont un frontispice, 117 pp., 25 pl. dépliantes hors texte. Maroquin rouge, triple filet doré sur les plats, dos lisse orné à la grotesque, pièce de titre de maroquin vert, coupes décorées, dentelle intérieure, tranches dorées. Reliure ancienne.
175 x 115 mm.
Édition originale rare du meilleur livre du " célèbre marin de Louis XIV ", ornée d'un titre frontispice dessiné et gravé par F. Ertinger représentant un galion devant une ville fortifiée et de 25 planches dépliantes de technique de navigation.
Polak, 8108.
Baptisé à Armandaritz (Pyrénées Atlantiques) en 1652, mort à Pougues les Eaux en 1719, Renau d'Elissagaray fut remarqué par Duquesne avec lequel il travailla aux constructions navales à Brest.
" Il proposa un nouveau système de construction navale, que Vauban fit adopter et qu'il fut chargé de mettre en pratique. Un conflit ayant éclat en 1680 entre la France et le dey d'Alger, Renau proposa de bombarder la ville avec des galiotes de son invention. Malgré l'avis du conseil, Louis XIV consentit à ce qu'il fit construire cinq galiotes à bombes, que Renau conduisit devant Alger et dont le succès dépassa toutes les espérances. "
Un des meilleurs traités de navigation du règne de Louis XIV conservé dans son maroquin ancien orné d'un décor à la grotesque.
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Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1689.
8vo [175 x 115 mm] of (6) ll. including a frontispiece, 117 pp., 25 folding plates out of pagination. Red morocco, triple gilt fillet around the covers, flat spine decorated with grotesques, green morocco lettering piece, inner border, gilt edges. Ancient binding.
Rare first edition of the best book of "Louis XIV's famous sailor", illustrated with a frontispiece drawn and engraved by F. Ertinger representing a galleon in front of a fortified city and 25 folding plates depicting navigation techniques.
Polak, 8108.
Baptized in Armandaritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) in 1652, dead in Pougues les Eaux in 1719, Renau d'Elissagaray was noticed by Duquesne with whom he worked in Brest's shipbuilding industry.
"He proposed a new system of shipbuilding that Vauban made adopt and was in charge of putting into practice. A conflict having started in 1680 between France and the dey of Alger, Renau suggested to bomb the city with galiots he invented. Despite the council's advice, Louis XIV accepted that he constructed five bomb ketches, which Renau brought in Alger and whose success surpassed all expectations."
One of the best nautical treatises of the reign of Louis XIV preserved in its ancient morocco decorated with grotesques.
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