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[NAVAL]. ARTIÑANO Y GALDÁCANO, Gervasio de. La Arquitectura Naval Española, ed Madera. Madrid: for the author, 1920. Thick 4to. Numerous plates and illustrations in the text, hand–colored initials. Original half vellum gilt, uncut (corners a bit rubbed, hinges reinforced). LIMITED EDITION, number 266 of 514 copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. “ONE OF THE FINEST AND BEST PRINTED WORKS RELATING TO OLD SHIPS THAT HAS EVER BEEN PUBLISHED”. It concerns more particularly the Naval architecture of the old wooden battleships and galleons of Spain” (Maggs 1920 catalogue note).