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BOTTOMLEY, Joseph Firth (1842-1889). The Velocipede. Its Past, its Present & its Future. London: Simkin, Marshall & Co., 1869. 8°. Wood-engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved title printed in red and black within red ruled border, 14 plates (a few plates lightly spotted). Original publisher's cloth, title stamped in gilt on front cover. Provenance: Charles Henry Taylor, March 1871 (inscription and signature on pastedown and front endpaper).
FIRST EDITION. Bottomley intends to give the reader an insight into the bicycle's history, variations, and construction. He comes to the conclusion that "we therefore earnestly recommend our readers at once to buy, or to build a machine ... We heartily embrace the velocipede therefore, not merely as something new, but as something from which a considerable amount of practical good is likely to ensue" (pp. 104-105).
FIRST EDITION. Bottomley intends to give the reader an insight into the bicycle's history, variations, and construction. He comes to the conclusion that "we therefore earnestly recommend our readers at once to buy, or to build a machine ... We heartily embrace the velocipede therefore, not merely as something new, but as something from which a considerable amount of practical good is likely to ensue" (pp. 104-105).
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