Name: SHIP MODELS: THEIR PURPOSE AND DEVELOPMENT FROM 1650 TO THE PRESENT
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SHIP MODELS: THEIR PURPOSE AND DEVELOPMENT FROM 1650 TO THE PRESENT

by Brian Lavery; Simon Stephens

Published by Zwemmer. 1st. 1995

Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich houses one of the most celebrated collections of ship models in the world and its riches are presented here, from the magnificent Navy Board models of Samuel Pepy's day through replicas of frigates, steamships, clippers, battleships, cargo and passenger ships, to aircraft carriers and submarines. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w & colour photos. 256 pages including index.

White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

ISBN: 0302006540
Stock no. 1820041

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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One: Purposes and Historical Development
1 Reasons for Making Models
2 Models as Historical Sources
3 The Origins of Scale Modelmaking
4 Techniques of Modelmaking
5 Modelmakers
6 Ship models and Art
7 The National Collection
8 Other Collections of Models
9 Models in Museums
Part Two: Types of Model
10 Navy Board Models
11 The 'Georgian' Model
12 Rigged Models
13 Block and Half-Block Models
14 Builders' Models
15 Models and Ship Designs
16 Structural Models
17 Prisoner-of-War Models
18 Waterline and Scenic Models
19 Sectional Models
20 Recreational Models
21 Models of Fittings
22 Topographical Models
23 Exhibition Models
Looking Forward
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Part Three: Catalogue of the Ship Models in the Collection of the National Maritime Museum
The Catalogue
Catalogue Contents
Ship Name Index
Object Reerence Number Index