An Essay on Naval Tactics.
John CLERK. An Essay on Naval Tactics ... Second Edition. Edinburgh: for Archd. Constable & Co., 1804. Quarto. Half-title, advertisement leaf, 51 of 52 engraved folding plates only, with dispositions hand-colored in red (lacking plate 1 opposite title page), Some old dampstaining, some damage to the first seven leaves). Contemporary calf (worn, upper cover detached). Provenance: Kirkaldy Subscription Library (bookplate). First complete edition of 'the first British account of tactics, as opposed to a work in French translation' (ODNB); part one was first published in 1790, with parts two, three and four appearing in 1797. Most of the text and folding plates relate to naval actions fought in the American War of Independence.
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