FIRST MANUAL ON MARINE ENGINEERING
BUCHANAN, Robert. A Practical Treatise on Propelling Vessels by Steam, &c., Glasgow: for the author by James Henderwick & London: R. Ackerman, 1816, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates (plates heavily browned, lighter browning to text), original drab boards (rebacked, preserving original paper spine label, corners bumped), partly uncut, ownership inscription of Isaac Blackburn to title and Scott bookplate. [Scott 522]
Details
BUCHANAN, Robert. A Practical Treatise on Propelling Vessels by Steam, &c., Glasgow: for the author by James Henderwick & London: R. Ackerman, 1816, 8°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates (plates heavily browned, lighter browning to text), original drab boards (rebacked, preserving original paper spine label, corners bumped), partly uncut, ownership inscription of Isaac Blackburn to title and Scott bookplate. [Scott 522]
Provenance
Isaac Blackburn, author of A Treatise on the Science of Ship-Building (London, 1817). See lot 11.