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Objektsbeskrivning FRAGMENT OF CHAPMAN. (CHAPMAN, FREDRIK HENRIK AF. Architectura navalis mercatoria, navium varii generis Mercatoriarum,Capulicarum, Cursoriarum, Aliarumque, cujuscunque conditionis vel molis, formas et rationes exhibens: exemplis æri incisis, demonstrationibus denique dimentionibus calculisque accuratissimis illustrata. Holmiae (Stockholm, J. G. Lange, 1768.) Not complete. Oblong imperial folio. Lacking the engraved head-title with a view of Stockholm by Årre and the engraved dedication leaf Prince Charles (Carl), 50 partly folding engraved plates mostly on thick paper (of 62, lacks 12; all plates heavily dampstained, 3 loose). Lacks all text. Damaged and heavily worn contemporary half leather, upper cover and endpaper loose, lower cover partly loose. Engraved bookplate of Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie on verso of plate I which is loose. 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.