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CHAPMAN, Fredrik Henrik af, (1721-1808). Karlskrona 1806.

Oblong imperial folio. 50 partly folding engraved plates in various sizes, mostly on thick paper. Artists: F. Ringheim, S. Andersson, E. Henning (complete).
numbered: I, II:A-C till VII:A-C, VIII-X, XI:A-B till XV:A-B, XVI, XVII:A-B till XXIII:A-B, XXIV-XXVI.

Contemporary half leather. Engraved bookplate of Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie on verso of plate I which is loose.

These are plates to the work:
Försök till en theoretisk afhandling att gifwa åt linie-skepp deras rätta storlek och form likaledes för fregatter och bevärade mindre fartyg af F.H. af Chapman .. Carlskrona, tryckt i kongl. amiralitets-boktryckeriet, 1806. (First published 1804).
The 50 plates were issued separately and are very uncommon.

Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721-1808) was born in Gothenburg of English immigrant parents, and studied ship-building for six years in England, Holland and France. He returned to Sweden in 1757, directed the shipyards in Karlskrona and Stockholm, was raised to Admiral of the Fleet, and was an active member of the Swedish Academy of Sciencw. He was the founder of modern Swedish shipbuilding, as strong in mathematical theory as in practical experimentation. Besides his famous "Architectura" he wrote a "Traité de la construction des vaisseaux" for Descriptions des arts et métiers (vol. 13) in 1779, reprinted in 1781. He had several important tracts in Swedish published in the Proceedings of the Swedish Academy of Sciences. (Lindberg, Swedish Books 1280-1967, printed 1968, p. 41).

Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

Provenance: Charlottenlund castle in south of Sweden (Snårestads socken, Ystads kommun). Part of the library inherited from the castle of Löberöd, where Jacob De la Gardie (1768-1842) owned a large library consisting of c. 18.000 volumes, which was one of the largest private libraries in Sweden at that time.

Konditionsrapport

Not complete, plate volume only. All plates heavily dampstained, 3 loose. Binding damaged and heavily worn, upper cover and endpaper loose, lower cover partly loose.

Auktionsnummer:

884910

Datum:

2021-03-21