拍品 116
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PARTINGTON, Charles Frederick. An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine, London: for J. Taylor, 1826, 8°, second edition, 9 engraved plates, double-page or folding, wood-engravings in text, contemporary half calf (spine worn at head), ownership inscription and bookplate of Robert Sinclair, Scott Library label. [Scott 573] -- John SCOTT RUSSELL. The Nature, Properties, and Applications of Steam, and on Steam Navigation. From the seventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Edinburgh: A. and C. Black, 1841, 12°, folding letterpress table and 15 folding engraved plates at end (a few plates a little soiled and tattered at edges, title slightly thumb-soiled and with glue marks at inner margin), original brown ribbed cloth (rebacked with old spine laid down, corners worn). [Scott 649] With the Scott Library copies of Elijah Galloway's History and Progress of the Steam Engine (London, 1836) and Robert Otway's An Elementary Treatise on Steam ... with a familiar description of the engine (Plymouth, 1837). (4)

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PARTINGTON, Charles Frederick. An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine, London: for J. Taylor, 1826, 8°, second edition, 9 engraved plates, double-page or folding, wood-engravings in text, contemporary half calf (spine worn at head), ownership inscription and bookplate of Robert Sinclair, Scott Library label. [Scott 573] -- John SCOTT RUSSELL. The Nature, Properties, and Applications of Steam, and on Steam Navigation. From the seventh edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Edinburgh: A. and C. Black, 1841, 12°, folding letterpress table and 15 folding engraved plates at end (a few plates a little soiled and tattered at edges, title slightly thumb-soiled and with glue marks at inner margin), original brown ribbed cloth (rebacked with old spine laid down, corners worn). [Scott 649] With the Scott Library copies of Elijah Galloway's History and Progress of the Steam Engine (London, 1836) and Robert Otway's An Elementary Treatise on Steam ... with a familiar description of the engine (Plymouth, 1837). (4)