Tabell som visar cubic-innehallet af alla sorter fyrhuggit virke, ester dimensionerne utraknat. (and) Kongel. Svenska maetare och wraekare ordningen af ar 1776: Shipbuilding – A sammelband with two works

Anonymous. Tabell som visar cubic-innehallet af alla sorter fyrhuggit virke, ester dimensionerne utraknat. Carlscrona, Amiralitets-Tryckeriet 1784. 181, (1), 2 blank pages, mostly tables. (bound with): Anonymous. Kongel. Svenska maetare och wraekare ordningen af ar 1776. Carlscrona, Amiralitets-Tryckeriet 1783. 43 (1) pages, 3 (1 folded) leaf, 4 tables, 3 folded engraved plates. Cont. calf, gilt label to spine. Label with minor loss. Covers browned. Spine rubbed. Front cover with manuscript inked signature by one Aug. d'Ailly.


Both works first edition. Title with manuscript initials J. H. D'A, a working copy owned by the Swedish ship-building engineer Jakob Henrik d'Ailly (1789-1858), and a further manuscript inked ownership entry by his son Aug. D'Ailly (Johan Christian August d'Ailly, 1822-1877), who constructed steamships for the Swedish navy. In 1862 he was sent to North America to learn more about constructional features of ironclads with John Ericson. Back home he constructed monitors, gunboats and others. Front fly-leaf with manuscript tables on recto and verso. A contemporary manuscript comprising 23 pages with further tables loosely laid in. The first work consists of exacting timber calculations specific to shipbuilding. The second work provides detailed instructions for shipbuilding, with sections on the keel, the prow, masts crooked logs, how to bend timber, making beams and knees for a galleon, straight timber and anchor logs. The plates depict how to cut and bend timber. OCLC and KVK each with only one copy for both titles: National Library Sweden and UB Greifswald. Second work with a few brown spots here and there.