Voennyĭ moreplavatelʹ, ili, Sobranīe raznykh na voĭni︠e︡ upotrebli︠a︡emykh sudov
Subtitle: s pokazanīem kakim obrazom voennye floty dolzhenstvui︠u︡t bytʹ ustroi︠a︡emy dli︠a︡ srazhenīi︠a︡
By: s frant︠s︡uzskago i︠a︡zyka perevel Grigorīĭ Kushelev
Contributors: Kushelev, Grigoriĭ Grigorʹevich, graf, 1757-1833; Paul I, Emperor of Russia, 1754-1801, dedicatee
Publisher: Pechatano v Tipografīi Morskago shli︠a︡khetnago kadetskago korpusa
Published: 1788
Place of publication: [Sanktpeterburg]
Language: rus
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Naval architecture; Dictionaries; Design and construction; Early works to 1800; Naval art and science; Russian; Warships; Terminology
Other titles: Sobranīe raznykh na voĭni︠e︡ upotrebli︠a︡emykh sudov
Work titles: Marine militaire
Notes: A translation of the French work by Nicolas-Marie Ozanne with reworkings of all of Ozanne's original etchings of ships as well as many of the battle plans; some images in the Russian edition are reversed. Some of the narratives toward the end of the Russian edition are lengthier than those in the original. In A.P. Sokolov's opinion, more original than translation.

Followed by "Pribavlenīe : O proport︠s︡īi korabelʹnykh macht i reev" [Supplement : On the proportions of ships' masts and yards] [mostly tables], p. [115]-[130], and "Sobranīe morskikh slov" [A compilation of naval terms], p. [131]-234.

An edition of 800 copies dedicated to Czarevitch Pavel Petrovich.

Signatures: pi⁸ Cyrillic A-N⁸ O⁴.

Etched vignette at head of title shows navigational instruments and naval symbols arranged on waves or clouds; baroque etching at head of dedication incorporates the initials of Pavel Petrovich. Woodcut devices. Large woodcut tail-piece on last page has seafaring theme. None of these appear in the French edition.

According to Svodnyĭ katalog, includes an additional plate: Plan proektu dokov na 23 korabli︠a︡ so obrazhai︠a︡sʹ s nastoi︠a︡shchim kanalom Petra Velikago v Kronshtate [Plan for the design of docks for 23 ships in conformity with Peter the Great's canal in Kronshtadt].

Errata on preliminary p. [15].

LC copy in 19th-century binding, half leather with brown marbled paper over boards and red leather spine label. Lacks additional plate described in Svodnyĭ katalog. Has faded circular ink stamp on t.p.; contemporary ink inscription at lower corner of t.p. trimmed away along with margins. Has penciled note in Russian in margin of p. 51.

Bitovt 2189

Svodnyĭ kat. russkoĭ knigi grazhdanskoĭ pechati, vol. 2, p. 347, no. 4900