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HOSTE (Paul). L’ART des Armées Navales ou Traité des Évolutions Navales / Théorie de la Construction des Vaisseaux. A Lyon: Chez Anisson & Posuel, 1697.

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HOSTE (Paul)
L’ART des Armées Navales ou Traité des Évolutions Navales . Théorie de la Construction des Vaisseaux. A Lyon: Chez Anisson & Posuel, 1697.

2 partes: [14], 424 pp., 133 [de 134] grav.; [8], 172 pp., 11 grav.: il.; 380 mm.

FIRST EDITION of the first major work on naval tactics. Divided into two parts, the first refers to the tactics of naval combat, illustrated with a total of 134 engravings, one of them with flags and the rest with representations of combat situations. The second, smaller part deals with the construction of ships. Very rare.