PAMYATNAYA KNIZHKA MORSKAGO VEDOMSTVA NA 1866 GOD.

In-16 p. (mm. 165x112), mz. pelle coeva, tit. oro al dorso, pp. (10),288 + 4 cc.nn. per i titoli di ciasc. sezione: Flot (fleet) - Ministerstvo i Portovye Upravleniya (The Ministry and the Harbor Administrations) - Lichny Sostav (Personnel Composition) - Raznye Svedeniya (Miscellaneous).Preceded by the full list of all the 327 vessels of the fleet in alphabetical order, the book gives an enormous amount of detailed technical data: size, tonnage, materials, engines, armament for each ship in the various area of the service; the organization chart of the Ministry, the Admiralty, the Commanders of Men-of-war, the staff officers (identified by name), etc. Such a booklet is likely to have been distributed to high ranking officers on a confidential basis (not accessible to general public).Il ns. esempl., n. 272, è ben conservato.