Complete autograph manuscript of 106 pages entitled: “Mémoire de la construction et agrèz d'une galère ordinaire, avec l'explication des termes, l'usage des manœuvres, et de toutes les parties qui composent le corps de la galère et son armement”. Penned in a neat, unrubricated hand, with occasional marginal notes in another hand.
Contemporary full vellum binding, lightly soiled with minor wear, smooth spine without lettering.
A major and invaluable manuscript chronicling the revival of the French galley fleet, written by the most influential galley shipwright of his time: Jean-Baptiste Chabert.
We have identified only two other manuscripts bearing this same title: one belonged to Commander Noël Fourquin, a master mariner and specialist in nautical lexicography; the other was owned by Louis-Philippe himself. The latter is listed under no. 445 in the catalogue of the sale of his Palais-Royal and Neuilly libraries held in December 1852, and bears a binding identical to ours.
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