Ecole navale impériale. 1re. année d'étude. Année scholaire 1857-1858. Cannonage. Cours de Mr. Joubert

Autograph manuscript of 257pp. Title page printed by Roger in Brest. 11 full-page figures and about thirty in-text figures, particularly precise and carefully executed. The entire manuscript is well presented, in legible and clean handwriting. The student has written his name on the title page: A. de Chabanne.
Contemporary half burgundy shagreen binding signed Librairie Lefournier, binding workshop in Brest. Spine with raised bands decorated with cold and hot fillets. White glazed watered silk endpapers. 2 corners cut, 2 corners slightly bumped.
The subject of the course placed as an epigraph perfectly summarizes the content of the instruction: Le cours de première année comprenant seulement la partie pratique sera divisé ansi qu'il suit : Nomenclature des diverses bouches à feu en usage dans la marine. Exercices divers et observations sur ces exercices. Amarrages. Munitions. Manoeuvres de force. Dispositions de combat.