Hints for the Improvement of the Navigation of The Severn; Comprising Information which may be applicable to other Navigations.
Published by Falmouth: Printed by M. Broughham Jun, 1816
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Map
- Used
Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United KingdomForest Books, ABA-ILAB
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First edition, 8vo (210 x 140 mm), 35, [1]pp., recent quarter calf, marbled boards, morocco title label to spine. Richard Thomas (1779-1858), civil engineer and surveyor, often referred to as Richard Thomas of Falmouth. This was his first appearance in print, on the verso of the terminal leaf is an advert for "A Chart of the Severn, On a large Scale, from an Actual Survey, Size 6 feet by 2 feet, by Richard Thomas". The former owner of this scarce pamphlet has noted "I have this Chart of the Severn - now with my other charts. 1890. N. W." Skempton, 1629; Not in the British Library.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Hints for the Improvement of the Navigation of The Severn; Comprising Information which may be applicable to other Navigations.
- Author
- THOMAS (Richard)
- Publisher
- Falmouth: Printed by M. Broughham Jun
- Publication year
- 1816
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- CIVIL ENGINEERING
Forest Books, ABA-ILAB
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