HOSTE (P.). L'Art des armées navales ou traité des évolution - Lot 22

HOSTE (P.). L'Art des armées navales ou traité des évolutions navales, qui contient des règles utiles aux officiers... À Lyon, Bruyset, 1727, in-folio, stiff white vellum, smooth spine with title label in gilt letters stamped on red morocco, speckled edges (18th century binding). Collation: 1 f. title, 3 ff. "Epitre au Roy", 1 f. "Preface", 1 f. "Table", 424 pp. including 133 engravings ch. 1 to 133. Second edition. The original was published in 1697, dedicated to the King. Paul Hoste (1652-1700) was a royal professor of mathematics in Lyon and Toulon. His teaching skills earned him the protection of Marshals d'Estrée and de Tourville. He made several sea voyages with them and the Duc de Mortemart. 133 engraved plates, including one with signals. They are by Damasse, Bouchet, M. Ogier and Can. Bound with, by the same author: Théorie de la construction des vaisseaux, qui contient plusieurs traités de mathématiques... À Lyon, Chez Anisson & Posuel, 1697, 1 f. title, 3 ff. "Préface", 2 ff. "Table pour la théorie", 172 pp., 2 ff. "Explication des termes de marine...", 11 folding plates of mathematical figures. First edition. Forms the second part of the work. Minor worm damage to text and engravings. More pronounced end-of-volume wetness in the margins of the fold-outs. Dimensions: 367 x 235 mm. Provenance: a redacted handwritten signature on the title page of the first volume. Polak (J.), Bibliographie maritime française, 4512 (erroneously announces 134 plates for l'Art des armées...); Backer (de) & Sommervogel, Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus, IV, Col. 479-480, 3.