Hanway (Jonas): Rules and Regulations of the Maritime School, on the Banks of the Thames, near London, Instituted in MDCCLXXVII, 8vo, 1781, engraved frontispiece and title (dampstained and browned), bound with: Letter to Mr.William Durban, aged above Twelve; a Scholar in the Maritime School from Jonas Hanway, 8vo, 1779, Durban's name written in in manuscript, also signed and dated (6 of Dec 1781) in Hanway's hand, engraved frontispiece and title (slightly dampstained), contemporary calf, borders roll tooled in gilt, Mr.William Durban tooled on red morocco panel on upper cover, (rubbed and stained, spine worn).

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Hanway (Jonas): Rules and Regulations of the Maritime School, on the Banks of the Thames, near London, Instituted in MDCCLXXVII, 8vo, 1781, engraved frontispiece and title (dampstained and browned), bound with: Letter to Mr.William Durban, aged above Twelve; a Scholar in the Maritime School from Jonas Hanway, 8vo, 1779, Durban's name written in in manuscript, also signed and dated (6 of Dec 1781) in Hanway's hand, engraved frontispiece and title (slightly dampstained), contemporary calf, borders roll tooled in gilt, Mr.William Durban tooled on red morocco panel on upper cover, (rubbed and stained, spine worn).

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Hanway, a noted philanthropist and traveller, was the author of 74 works and the first Englishman to carry an umbrella.

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