Which is the oldest book on shipmodelling?

[wefalck]

In another thread we got a bit side-tracked and started talking about when books on shipmodelling came onto the market. The oldest I am currently aware of is this one:

 

Chapman, C. (1869): All About Ships and the Way to Make Models of Them.- 2 Vols.: 68+68 p., 3 pl., London (Wilson).

 

Vol. 1: https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QafQYVIVxto10ATpCWcm3H87dEieZEqj9nbUmRVHXSIBrfcXvQx4GNaH5t1_3hHMYOMl3_XWvJWCfpEMzmdEwJLOSZjgpNKg_FbtZHlnd_hfxXRZGD8ybJ23859QgUQQBchREPQMkk39UUPsXVIYWMr-iM0wdmke3v0yXJe__ltCYBs7e8aOdRw4UpotZw5n5WHQzuNwY-S3aMxJRO8I0FrdjwL7_AreC8CTCjNIcTb3EkVIZNKf2KMm0yb-qa4-bgFwAQxwOqfQ82OkFpWRX8wutnEn0g

Vol. 2: https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5Qafw6gLcfJm9KhfH4itZesC_Yl6tANR0m_E8ZFGspk9DGOUe68Ck2tCvV7OyYRh9T_YnfPxTkrX045kW_l1EO7pbqd3onk5cC6XMB38zN4bfW8mHPfcg8EkePtBEOB_4uLJZs0Poa3nO9_EPnsdDhRGuw9xY3PkgdA7WRsXrw9r-zIf2zah_0aHFMj8XxOcLIGUTfen6SRH6gpXlR1Z2t8iaC0t2Vw9a2A9UACZjTpG6njr0dKHPG-Y2uGgitCpP7IvRzooXDFbOUQ7nKvxKwTt-Zkm8GxFg7FVqtpl6qKGk_pKUHrY

 

The scan of the 2nd volume contains the properly scanned plates!

 

Who can beat me ?

Edited 15 hours ago by wefalck

[Harvey Golden]

That is quite an eclectic book-- it covers a lot of ground beyond models.  It seems on first glance only the first 3 pages cover models? Chapman lists a supplier of model fittings, and it's the same one advertised in Hasluck, 1905 (attached below)-- must've been a good supplier to have been in business that long; I wonder when they opened.  H-

[Kenchington]

Wikipedia says "Established 1843". Their 1934 catalogue is on-line at https://usvmyg.org/archives/a-catalog-of-model-yachts-model-ships-yacht-fittings-stevenss-model-dockyard-1934/ 

 

Looks like their variety of fittings 90 years ago would put to shame most modern suppliers. I wonder whether they expected to sell mainly to enthusiastic amateurs or the people who built large models for shipbuilding companies and passenger lines?

 

Trevor

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[druxey]

Chapman makes very entertaining reading on his advice to the neophyte hand on his first days on board. Try pages 12 to 16.

Edited 8 hours ago by druxey