A selection from the Scott Library and other books of navigation and marine science; the property of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (catalogue for an auction conducted by Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd, London, 4-5 December 1974)
London, Christie, Manson & Woods, 1974
(24 cm), 161 (1) pp., colour frontispiece, [38] leaves of plates (some folding), text illustrations (59 illustrations in total). 523 lots. List of prices realised and buyers’ names loosely inserted. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - Among top prices were the first and second editions of Dudley’s Arcano del mare (£8400 and £9000 respectively). ¶ Unmarked copy. The white wrapper lightly fingerstained.
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- Subjects
- Auction sale catalogues - Books - 1974
- Nautical science - Auction sale catalogues
- Nautical science - Collections, UK - Royal Institution of Naval Architects
- Authors/Creators
- Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd (London)
- Owners
- Royal Institution of Naval Architects (United Kingdom)
- Scott, John, 1830-1903
- Scott, R.L., 1871-1939
- Auction date
- 19741204
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