Den vel-instruerede Skipper, eller fulstændig Anviisning, hvad en Skipper har at iagttage, baade førend han tiltræder Reysen, samt imedens den varer, og efter at den er fuldendt, med et Tillæg, hvorudi indeholdes de fornemste Søe-Contracter, Skibs-Doc. - [RARE DANISH MARITIME LAW MANUAL] ANONYMOUS - Nautica

Kiøbenhavn, Friderich Christian Pelt, 1776. 8vo. In a nice recent full calf binding (Henning Jensen) with four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. A few leaves slightly soiled but generally a nice and clean copy. (8), 544 pp. + 6 folded tables. The rare first edition of the most comprehensive Danish navigation and maritime law manual of its age. Intended as a complete handbook for shipmasters, merchants, and those engaged in overseas trade, the work provides practical guidance on every stage of a voyage - preparation, execution, and conclusion. It also contains essential contract forms, examples of ship documents and detailed commercial instructions. Later editions were enlarged to include the entire Danish maritime code (Søe-Ret), regulations concerning the Danish pilotage service (Lootsvæsenet), and extracts of royal ordinances relating to navigation and trade. The book thus served not only as a nautical vade mecum but also as a legal reference work, indispensable to Danish-Norwegian skippers navigating the Baltic, North Sea and Mediterranean. Biblioteca Danica I, 658.