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A Book of Sailing-Ship Models
FROM CARRACK TO CLIPPER
by
Frank C. Bowen
First: Published 1927 by
Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd., London
Minton, Balch & Company, New York
(Printed in Great Britain)
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CONTENTS
From Carrack to Clipper
Index
List of Museums and other Institutions in Europe and America containing Ship-Models.
COLOUR PLATES.
- An English 15th Century Ship. By Cecil King, R.I., after Drawings by John Rous, c. 1480
- The " Henry Grace a Dieu " or " Great Harry," 1515-
1553. From a Colour Aquatint after a painting
attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger
- A Fourth-Rate of George I. By Cecil King, R.I., after a Model in the Science Museum, South Kensington
- English Styles of Painting Ship from the Middle of the 17th to the Middle of the ,9th Century. By Cecil
King, R.I.
ILLUSTRATIONS OF SHIP-MODELS. (PLATES 1-67, FOLLOWING THE TEXT.)
- Venetian Trading Ship, 15th Century
- The " Santa Maria," Columbus's Flagship
- Gold Nef, representing a i5th Century Carrack
- The " Great Michael," 1511
- Model belonging to the late Sir W. van Home
- Church-Ship, late ,6th Century, with Monogram of Christian IV
of Denmark
- Hudson's " Half-Moon," 1609
- Royal Galleon with inscription dated 1593
- Bow of the " Sovereign of the Seas," 1637
- Ivory Model of the " Norske Love," 1634
- Swedish Man-of-War " Amaranthe, 1654
- Bow of Dutch Man-of-War, c. 1660
- Dutch Man-of-War, c. 1660
- Bow of a Line-of-Battle Ship, 100 Guns, c. 1670
- The " Hollandia, De Ruyter 's Flagship, 1665-1683
- Model said to represent a late 17th Century Merchant Galley
- H.M.S. " Prince," 1670 ; re-rigged 1926
- Lubeck Ship " Die Hoffnung," c. 1680
- H.M.S. "Albemarle," 90, built 1680
- English Royal Yacht, c. 1680
- Norwegian Church-Ship, the " Gilded Swan," 1691
- English 8o-gun Ship of 1695
- French Admiral Galley " La Reale," 1690-1715
- Maltese Galley, 18th Century
- Fighting Galley of Malta, first half of 18th Century
- English 50-gun Ship, late 17th Century
- Decks of the "Britannia," 1700
- Quarter of the " St. George," 1701
- Bow of the " St. George"
- Main-Top of the " St. George"
- Stern of the Dutch East Indianian "Padmos," early 18th Century
- Sterns of early 18th Century English Ships
- English 50-gun Ship of c. 1707
- English 70-gun Ship of 1710
- The "Royal William," 100 guns, 1682, as rebuilt 1719
- English 3rd Rate Line-of-Battle Ship, 1719 Establishment
- The Spanish Frigate " Flora," 26, built 1739
- H.M.S. " Victory," 1737, Flagship of Admiral Balchen
- Spanish 2-decker laid up for the winter (18th Century)
- The " Fyn," Danish 50-gun Ship, 1746
- Dutch East Indiaman, "De Jonkvrouw Catharina Cornelia' mid. 18th Century
- Swedish East Indiaman, 1750
- Dutch Man-of-War " Frisia," 40 guns, c. 1750
- Dutch Admiralty Yacht, c. 1750
- Sectional Model of Dutch Warship, 4o guns, 1756
- " Le Sans-Pareil," French Line-of-Battle Ship, 1760
- H.M.S . " Victory , " 1765
- H.M.S. " Royal George," 1788
- " Le Coureur," French Lugger, 8 guns, 1775
- Flensburg Trading Snow " Verdnderung," 1794
- Two-Decker Model, said to have been made by American War
Prisoner, 1779
- French 3-Decker, 120 guns, c. 1780-1800
- English Naval Cutter, late 18th Century
- Fishing Schooner "Rebecca" of Marblehead, 1798
- The "Doris," West Indiaman of Flensburg, 1800
- The "America," Privateer of the War of 1812
- French Bomb-Ketch, 1815
- Longitudinal section of the Dutch Man-of-War `‘Soestdyk," 1818
- Sloop-rigged Gunboat, early 19th Century
- H.M.S. " Ariadne," 1816
- H.M.S. " Vanguard," 1835
- H.M.S. "Fantôme," 1839
- American Whaler of ,about 1850
- American Clipper Ship " Great Republic," 1853
- American Clipper "Young America," 1853
- The " Carrnarthenshire," 1865
- Clipper Schooner " John Wesley," 1867
TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS:
FROM DRAWINGS BY R. MORTON NANCE.
- Lepanto Votive Galeass. After a woodcut, 1607
- Northern and Southern Ships, about 1340
- A 15th Century Carrack. After " W.A"
- Hanging Model from a Philosopher's Study
- 16th Century Model. From Furttenbach , 1629
- Votive Model at Venice. From Jal's " Glossaire Nautique "
- A Carrack of about 1550. After Bruegel
- Sterns of 17th Century Ships
- Dutch Church-Ship. Musee de Marine, Paris
- The "Maid of Ghent," 1672
FROM DRAWINGS BY CECIL KING, R.I.
- Details of Head and Bows of a Line-of-Battle Ship of the 1719 Establishment
- Details of Stern and Quarter Galleries of a Line-of-Battle Ship, C. 1770
- Details of Broadside of a 70-gun Ship, c. 1730
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A blue cloth bound book with gilt lettering to spine and front board. Boards are faded where there is dust wrapper loss and the bottom corner of the back board is badly worn but hinges and binding generally still sound. Pages rough cut with some light foxing on some places but pages are generally clean although there are a few handling marks scattered throughout. Previous owner's signature on reverse of frontispiece. All plates, coloured and B & W, are all present and in excellent condition. The dust wrapper has loss to top and bottom of spine area and edges an is in plastic sleeve.
Obviously a well loved and used book .
200 mm. x 260 mm. x 23 mm.
£12.00 plus Postage..
Weight wrapped <900 gms.
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