For those interested in ships and naval architecture/history, The Lore of Ships by Tre Tryckare is an informative and (to me, at least) beautiful book. As far as I know it is long out of print, but the Internet Archive has a scanned copy for loan [1], and second-hard copies are available from the usual places. The quality of the illustrations in the IA preview is representative of the whole ~280 pages. A fascinating book.

[1] https://archive.org/details/loreofships0000unse