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Subject Terms Naval art and science -- Dictionaries -- Early works to 1800.

1. The gentleman's dictionary : in three parts : viz. I. The art of riding the great horse: containing the terms and phrases us'd in the manage, and the diseases and accidents of horses : II. The military art; explaining the terms and phrases us'd in field or garison; the terms relating to artillery; the works and motions of attack and defence; and the post and duty of all the officers of the army: illustrated with historical instances, taken from the actions of our armies : III. The art of navigation; explaining the terms of naval affairs; as building, rigging, working, and fighting of ships; the post and duty of sea-officers, &c. : with historical examples taken from the actions of our fleet : each part done alphabetically, from the sixteenth edition of the original French, published by the Sieur Guillet, and dedicated to the Dauphin ; with large additions, alterations and improvements, adapted to the customs and actions of the English; and above forty curious cuts, that were not in the original.

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Creator:: Guillet de Saint-Georges, Georges, 1625–1705
Date:: 1705
Physical Description:: [384] pages, [3] folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A naval expositor : shewing and explaining the words and terms of art belonging to the parts, qualities, and proportions of building, rigging, furnishing, & fitting a ship for sea : also all species that are received into the magazines, and on what services they are used and issued : together with the titles of all the inferior officers belonging to a ship, with an abridgment of their respective duties / by Thomas Riley Blanckley.

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Creator:: Blanckley, Thomas Riley
Date:: MDCCL [1750]
Physical Description:: [8], 191, [1] p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts