Lot 1039
Slush, Navy Royal
sold
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sold
Auction schedule:
08-05-2025 / Lot 956-1040 / session starting 9.30 AM
Discipline on Ships
Slush, B. Navy Royal: or a Sea-Cook turn'd projector. Containing a few Thoughts, about Manning our Ships of War with the best of Sailors, without Violences, and in the most pleasing manner: According to the Fourth Article of a late Proposal, Publish'd by our Worthy Chaplain of Her Majesty's Ship the Lyme. London, B. Bragge, 1709. Kl.-8vo (15:9 cm). 5 Bll., 122 S. Mod. Ldr. mit Rsch, wenige Kratzspuren.
First edition, rare. - Slush (a pseudonym?) worked as a cook in the British Navy. He investigates the reason for the sailors' reluctance to serve in the navy. - Browned, partly slightly waterstained, title with attached margins. Bound in mod. full calf.
ESTC T66554; Hanson 1055. - Erste Ausgabe. Slush (ein Pseudonym?) arbeitete als Koch in der britischen Marine. Er untersucht den Grund für die Abneigung der Seeleute gegen den Dienst in der Marine und bemängelt das Fehlen echter Disziplin oder einer gründlichen Einhaltung der Vorschriften. Slush stellt den Vergleich zu Seeräubern und Freibeutern an, bei denen untereinander alle gleich sind. - Gebräunt, teilw. leicht wasserrandig, Ecken leicht beschnitten, wenige Streichungen mit Tinte, Titel angerändert, letztes Bl. aufgezogen.