xv, 281 pp. Plus 55 plates. Tipped in color plates, monochrome plates following text, line drawings in text. With which ares associated galleries, hancing-pieces, catheads and divers other matters that concern the "grace and countenance" of old sailing-ships. CONTENTS: Introduction; Fashion in Ornament; The Limitation of Ornament; The Head; Figure-Heads; The Stern; Quarter Galleries and Badges; The Broadside; Inboard Works; Painting and Gilding; Index of Subjects; Index of Ships.
