A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone: to which is subjoined an Appendix, giving some Account of the Lighthouse on the Spurn Point, built upon a Sand.

SMEATON, JOHN.

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London, Printed for the Author by H. Hughs, 1791. Large folio. Later clothbacked marbled boards. Large engraved titlevignette. XIV,198 pp., 23 engraved plates of which 4 are maps/charts. Some dampstaining to upper part of title-page. The first 5 leaves with marginal brownspots. A few plates with light toning. Plates with scattered brownspots. First edition. The building of the Edystone lighthouse represents a new design in lighthouses.The tower was largely dismantled and rebuilt on Plymouth Hoe in Plymouth, Devon, where it stands today. - Poggendorff II,943.

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• Title: A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone: to which is subjoined an Appendix, giving some Account of the Lighthouse on the Spurn Point, built upon a Sand.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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