John cleveley the elder (2 risultati)

Condizione: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original terracotta cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. Small folio 12'' x 10''. Contains 288 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations, engravings and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, unused and unopened new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781848321878 ROYAL NAVY (RN).…

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. Sheet size 26.!/2" x 31" landscape Plate size 20.1/8" x 27.1/4" landscape Image size 18.3/4" x 26.3/4" landscape Generous border all edges One of a series of views of the six Royal Dock Yards which made up the world's largest industrial complex by the 18th century. From a strategic naval base during the Anglo-Dutch Wars in the 17th century by the 18th the order of business at Chatham on the Medway was largely repairs which are depicted in the vignettes surrounding the map. However that being so, four years after the date of this map the renowned HMS Victory, a 104-gun first rate ship of the line was laid down in 1759 at Chatham and now the world's oldest naval vessel still in commission. …