MARINE, Plan des Formes Baties a Rochefort pour la Construction des Vaisseaux du Roy.
Year: 1769
Description: Copper engraving. Uncoloured.
Condition: Size: 96 x 41 cm. (with the frame: 100 x 46 cm).
This beautiful print, engraved from drawings by the French hydrographer, Bellin, shows a dry dock for the building of 'ships of the King' by the Charente River. The print shows in detail the structure of the docks and the mechanics of the locks for flooding and draining the dock.
In excellent condition.
The photos are integral parts of the description.