NAVY - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Enquête parlementaire sur la situa - Lot 297

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NAVY - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Enquête parlementaire sur la situa - Lot 297
NAVY - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Enquête parlementaire sur la situation et l'organisation des services de la Marine militaire ordonnée par la loi du 31 octobre 1849. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1851; 2 vol. in-4 of [2] ff. xviii-713 pp. ; [2] ff. ii-709 pp. contemporary binding, raspberry glazed calf, three and a half gilt fillets framing the boards, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets and roulettes, black parts, marbled edges. In the session of October 31, 1849, the National Legislative Assembly adopted a law imposing a parliamentary inquiry on the situation and the organization of the services of the Navy. This collection contains "a part of the works of the Commission of Inquiry" (Avertissement). These are nearly 1,500 pages of reflections, from the great principles of operation to the smallest details such as the power of the Jean Bart's machines or the distribution of wine to the sick returning from the countryside. Crack at the top of the second volume
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