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HOGREWE, Johann Ludwig. Beschreibung der in England seit 1759 angelegten, und jetzt grstentheils vollendeten schiffbaren Kanle, zur inneren Gemeinschaft der vornehmsten Handelstdte. Nebst einem Versuch einer Geschichte der inlndischen Schiffahrt, und aller, bis jetzt, in- und auerhalb Europa bekannten schiffbaren Kanle, Hannover: H. M. Pockwitz, 1780. 4 (260 x 210mm.), wood-engraved vignette on title, one folding hand-coloured engraved map, 9 folding hand-coloured engraved plates (lightly spotted, a few leaves lightly browned), contemporary sheep-backed boards (head of spine restored, rubbed).
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this work on English canals and the first important German work on inland navigation which was published 15 years before John Cary's British canal atlas. Goldsmiths' 12051; Kress B.232.
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this work on English canals and the first important German work on inland navigation which was published 15 years before John Cary's British canal atlas. Goldsmiths' 12051; Kress B.232.