[Marine] Bestek voor het in gebruik brengen van een IJzeren Drijvend Droog-Dok
voor de dienst van de Marine in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië. 1876. A booklet and 8 numb. fold. plans in a (worn) paper wr., 35 x 22 cm. Plans of var. sizes. Rare.
Plan 8 w. pencil writing verso. Booklet sl. foxed, a few sm. tears, plan 1 torn along bottom (affecting image), a few plans w. brown stain verso.
*The floating dry-dock was used in Indonesia starting in 1879. A model can be found at the Rijksmuseum (model NG-MC-1411) and was shown at the Paris World Exhibition in 1878.