Plan - Royal Sovereign Yacht built for the Prince Royal of Denmark - Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme - 1816
Naval Architectural Plan of His Majesty's Yacht, Royal Sovereign, launched in the Year 1804. Uncoloured in excellent condition. Rag paper with some foxing only visible with light box. Dimensions: 18.5″ h x 42.25″ w. Plate XIII
The VOLUME OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PLATES Early 19th Century Includes thirty-nine numbered folding plates, all titled Naval Architecture, Plate, providing various construction plans for a multitude of ships and boats including an 80-gun ship, a 36-gun frigate, a 50-gun frigate with launch, assorted sloops, an 18-gun brig of war to be built in 1804, the Royal Sovereign, a yacht built for the prince royal of Denmark, a fire ship, a bomb vessel, a cutter, an East Indiaman, a 170-ton Collier brig, a Virginia-built boat fitted for a privateer, a schooner, a Virginia pilot boat, a Berwick smack, a Southampton fishing hoy, an 80-gun long boat, a whaleboat and others.
Published 1802-20 by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme then re-issued for "Rees'S Naval Architecture 1819 - 20 using some engravings from the cyclopedia much enlarged and extended By Abraham Rees. After Trafalgar the naval interest was high so a compilation of the naval images was expanded and released as a specific collection in 1820 (Hydraulics-Naval Architecture with 195 engravings) The 1st edition was containing up to 15 large fold out plates and are exceedingly rare in good condition as on quality rag paper for a change, dated 1816.Virtually all plates engraved by Wilson Lowry. Superb detailed plates mainly of a ship proposed to carry 74 guns and a frigate and east indiaman.
Naval Architectural Plan of His Majesty's Yacht, Royal Sovereign, launched in the Year 1804. Uncoloured in excellent condition. Rag paper with some foxing only visible with light box. Dimensions: 18.5″ h x 42.25″ w. Plate XIII
The VOLUME OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PLATES Early 19th Century Includes thirty-nine numbered folding plates, all titled Naval Architecture, Plate, providing various construction plans for a multitude of ships and boats including an 80-gun ship, a 36-gun frigate, a 50-gun frigate with launch, assorted sloops, an 18-gun brig of war to be built in 1804, the Royal Sovereign, a yacht built for the prince royal of Denmark, a fire ship, a bomb vessel, a cutter, an East Indiaman, a 170-ton Collier brig, a Virginia-built boat fitted for a privateer, a schooner, a Virginia pilot boat, a Berwick smack, a Southampton fishing hoy, an 80-gun long boat, a whaleboat and others.
Published 1802-20 by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme then re-issued for "Rees'S Naval Architecture 1819 - 20 using some engravings from the cyclopedia much enlarged and extended By Abraham Rees. After Trafalgar the naval interest was high so a compilation of the naval images was expanded and released as a specific collection in 1820 (Hydraulics-Naval Architecture with 195 engravings) The 1st edition was containing up to 15 large fold out plates and are exceedingly rare in good condition as on quality rag paper for a change, dated 1816.Virtually all plates engraved by Wilson Lowry. Superb detailed plates mainly of a ship proposed to carry 74 guns and a frigate and east indiaman.
Naval Architectural Plan of His Majesty's Yacht, Royal Sovereign, launched in the Year 1804. Uncoloured in excellent condition. Rag paper with some foxing only visible with light box. Dimensions: 18.5″ h x 42.25″ w. Plate XIII
The VOLUME OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE PLATES Early 19th Century Includes thirty-nine numbered folding plates, all titled Naval Architecture, Plate, providing various construction plans for a multitude of ships and boats including an 80-gun ship, a 36-gun frigate, a 50-gun frigate with launch, assorted sloops, an 18-gun brig of war to be built in 1804, the Royal Sovereign, a yacht built for the prince royal of Denmark, a fire ship, a bomb vessel, a cutter, an East Indiaman, a 170-ton Collier brig, a Virginia-built boat fitted for a privateer, a schooner, a Virginia pilot boat, a Berwick smack, a Southampton fishing hoy, an 80-gun long boat, a whaleboat and others.
Published 1802-20 by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme then re-issued for "Rees'S Naval Architecture 1819 - 20 using some engravings from the cyclopedia much enlarged and extended By Abraham Rees. After Trafalgar the naval interest was high so a compilation of the naval images was expanded and released as a specific collection in 1820 (Hydraulics-Naval Architecture with 195 engravings) The 1st edition was containing up to 15 large fold out plates and are exceedingly rare in good condition as on quality rag paper for a change, dated 1816.Virtually all plates engraved by Wilson Lowry. Superb detailed plates mainly of a ship proposed to carry 74 guns and a frigate and east indiaman.
Code : A399
Cartographer : Cartographer / Engraver / Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme
Date : Publication Place / Date - Circa 1816
Size : Sheet size: Image Size: 95.5 x 26.5 cm
Availability : Available
Type - Genuine - Antique
Grading A
Where Applicable - Folds as issued. Light box photo shows the folio leaf centre margin hinge ‘glue’, this is not visible otherwise.
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