Van Acompanados de Varios edictos y Reglamentos promulgados por el mismo Rey sobre al apresto y alistamiento de Armamentos Reales y de particulares, sobre las facultades de Almirante, y otros puntos relativos a la navegacion mercantil en tiempo de guerra.
First edition. 4to. Later full calf, spine ornately gilt, boards a little marked, title page lightly browned, with the bookplates of Don A. Canovas del Castillo and of Francisco Condeminas. (ii), xli, 147, 65pp. Appendix “De Noticias Varias, sacadas de Instrumentos Ineditos”. Imprenta Real. Madrid, 1787.
A very good copy of this scarce work on the laws of the Navy. The multi-talented Antonio de Capmany y de Montpalau (1742-1813) was a soldier, historian, economist and politician. He fought in the war against Portugal in 1761-3 and after his retirement from the army was elected secretary of the Royal Academy of History in Madrid.
Palau, 202.626.
