Union Canal [ 9 Works Bound in 1 Volume ]

9 works bound in 1 volume. 1, Report from the Sub Committee for the merchant company's Canal Committee. No title page, 16pp, circa 1800. 2. Observations on the report of Mr. Hugh Baird. Edinburgh, for William Blackwood. 1814, 96pp. 3. Papers written in opposition to the Union Canal. Leith, printed by William Reid & co. 1817, 118pp, 4. Answer to a Pamphlet, entitled, Observations on the report of Mr. Hugh Baird, Civil Engineer, relative to the Proposed Union Canal. By James Grahame. Edinburgh, printed for Adam Black, 1814, 78pp. 5. Description of the Regalia of Scotland. Edinburgh, printed by James Ballantyne, 1819, 34pp. 6. Lettres sur le pre?judice qu'occasionneroient aux arts et a? la science : le de?placement des monumens de l'art de l'Italie. By Quatreme?re de Quincy. Rome, 1815, 98pp. 7. A description of the Royal Hospital for Seamen, at Greenwich; with a short account of the present establishment of officers, pensioners, out-pensioners, nurses, and boys. With a list of the directors. Published by the chaplains, 1803, 59pp. 8. Report to the Right Honourable the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of Edinburgh, . on a plan for laying out the new town between Edinburgh and Leith. By W.H. Playfair, Edinburgh, printed by Alex Smellie, 1819, 7pp. 9. Correspondence between the committee of subscribers to the proposed Union Canal between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the Right Hon. the Lord Provost and magistrates of Edinburgh, relative to that undertaking. Edingburgh, printed by Oliver & Boyd, 1814, 15pp. Book measures 21x13.5.cm. Bound in period or early half calf, calf corners, marble boards, raised bands, gilt lines, leather label. Binding rubbed, some abrasion wear, hinge joints rubbed, with wear lines, boards holding firm. Internally, pages clean. A nice clean collection of works. F Size: 8vo.…