I’m new to this forum. could someone please tell me the name of the so far mysterious Mr. Anderson’s book and possibly the isbn #? I have a Soliel Royale kit and would like to build it as close as I can to scale, if only for a decorative model.
It’s The Rigging of Ships in the Days of the Spritsail Topmast, 1600-1720, by R.C. Anderson. It was originally published in 1927, and copies of the original edition are quite expensive (as much as $200 on the Barnes and Noble “Used and Out-of-Print” webpage). Fortunately, however, there’s a cheap (but entirely acceptable) paperback edition, published by Dover Books in 1994. I got a used copy (in like-new condition) for about $8.00. The ISBN of that edition is 0-486-27960-X.
Dr. Anderson wrote another book titled Seventeenth-Century Rigging, which might at first glance look like the same one. It is, however, an abridged version of the original book, primarily for British readers. All the non-English details have been deleted - not good for Soleil Royal modelers.
Hope that helps. Good luck.
link to amazon.com for this book…
The paperback is at Amazon and most every other book site on the web. It’s probably going to be waiting for me under the Xmas tree this year…
Thank,you gentlemen.[:(]
This book is available at Model Expo for $12.95 its item # dp27960-x www.modelexpo-online.com
Rod