art of rigging
Subtitle: containing an explanation of terms and phrases and the progressive method of rigging expressly adapted for sailing ships
By: George Biddlecombe, with an introd. by Ernest H. Pentecost.
Contributors: Biddlecombe, George, Sir, 1807-1878.
Publisher: E. W. Sweetman
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Masts and rigging
Notes: Reprint of the 1925 ed. which was issued as publication number eight of the Marine Research Society.

"The nucleus from which this work developed may be found in the elements and practice of rigging and seamanship, by David Steel, published in London, in 1794."