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HARRIS, William Snow. A Series of Papers on the Defence of Ships and Buildings from Lightning, [London: T. Stanley], 1835. 8° (206 x 125mm). Folding lithographed frontispiece and a watercolour of clouds overpainted in gold to represent lightning. (Frontispiece a little foxed.) Original cloth (spine slightly worn). PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by the author to the Countess of Harley.
HOBBS, J. Brief Remarks on the Practicability of applying a Spheroidal Correction to the Bearings by Compass at Sea, London: Longman [&c.], 1828. 8° (205 x 128mm). (Somewhat browned.) Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt (rubbed). Provenance: William Edward May (bookplate).
With Samuel Lambert's Information Useful for Navigators (Salem, 1820) and The Log of the Venetia ... on a Voyage from Cowes to the East Indies and Return (London: Privately Printed, 1897, vellum gilt by Zaehnsdorf). (4)
HOBBS, J. Brief Remarks on the Practicability of applying a Spheroidal Correction to the Bearings by Compass at Sea, London: Longman [&c.], 1828. 8° (205 x 128mm). (Somewhat browned.) Contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt (rubbed). Provenance: William Edward May (bookplate).
With Samuel Lambert's Information Useful for Navigators (Salem, 1820) and The Log of the Venetia ... on a Voyage from Cowes to the East Indies and Return (London: Privately Printed, 1897, vellum gilt by Zaehnsdorf). (4)
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