Ship Decoration 1630-1780

Well-researched and well-written source on ship decoration that updates and mostly supercedes the earlier classics of the subject, written in the 1920s. Highly recommended.It is an outstanding source for the subject and one of the few that offers comparative study of different decorative traditions, including the very rarely mentioned Scandinavian maritime powers.This book is not and never was intended to be a step-by-step carver's textbook. The other reviewer has clearly missed entirely the point of the book, had purchased it without reading the description.

Certainly well researched and well written history of both ship carving and the Navys of the Old World. For the woodcarver or would-be shipcarver, this was of little practical application. The history, whys and wherefores, were enlightening, yet difficult to apply to hands-on carving and design. For the price, I cannot recommend it, other than as a historical treatment of the topic. Many other how-to books out there that would be much more useful, and significantly cheaper.

Beautiful book and excellent transaction, thank you !

No surprise the last book on the subject goes back to one century ago. Writing such a book requires a unique lifetime expertise on the subject. But it goes far beyond ship decoration : it is also a contribution (partial, of course) to the history of maritime commerce of the period, and of European ships fleets. A true masterpiece !

interesting study on the subject although incomplete. To bad it doesn't includes the study on the portuguese and spanish comercial companies, much more important than many of those studied here, as also the decoration on those countries ships. It should change the misleading title to Ship Decoration in Northern Europe navy's.

excellent experience !

Der Autor ist selbst Holzbildhauer, er weiß also worüber er schreibt. Es wird in diesem Buch ein Bezug, zwischen die Art der Verzierungen, von Gebäuden und Schiffen, einer jeden Epoche. hergestellt. Unbedingt sehens(lesens)wert ist auch am Schluß des Buches der Baubericht über die "GÖTEBORG", ein Nachbau 1:1 eines schwedischens Ostindienfahrers.

Ein Muß für alle Modellbauer, die ihre Modelle perfektionieren wollen.