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“a work of extraordinary care and scientific thoroughness [which] became the standard nautical dictionary until the end of sail”
An Universal Dictionary of the Marine:
or, a copious explanation of the technical technical terms and phases...
London,
Printed for T. Cadell in the Strand,
1769
Quarto (265 by 200mm), first edition, list of subscribers, 12 folding engraved plates, a few minor tears to plates at guards, book plate of Assheton Curzon, contemporary speckled calf, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, rebacked.
1944
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FIRST EDITION of "a work of extraordinary care and scientific thoroughness [which] became the standard nautical dictionary until the end of sail" (ODNB).
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