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Paris, Hachette, 1882, in-16, legatura coeva in mezzo marocchino, pp. [4], 562. Con antiporta in xilografia raffigurante l'"Exposition Internationale d'Electricité". Qualche fioritura.
Ann Arbour, Edwards Brothers, 1943, in-8, br. editoriale, pp. VI, (4), 159. Con illustrazioni nel t. e bibliografia. Firma d'appartenenza: Bud Busson, Doylestown, Ohio.
First Edition, 2 vols., [6], 504; 475pp., frontispieces, numerous facsimiles, orig. cloth. An important catalogue and one of the finest collections in the field. Full collations for over 7,000 titles.
First Edition, 2 vols., [6], 504; 475pp., frontispieces, numerous facsimiles, orig. cloth, a nice set. An important catalogue and one of the finest collections in the field. Full collations for over 7,000 titles.
6 parts in one, each part with separate title and pagination, 13, [1]; 11, [1];16, [2]; 17, [1]; 6; 2 pp., modern half morocco, gilt lettering on spine, a nice copy. A series of reports on a project to connect Tyne and Solway Firth by a canal, based on extensive surveys carried out in 1795 and 1796. The plan was abandoned. These reports were collected together and issued as a collection. William Chapman was one of the foremost civil engineers of his day, carrying out successful harbour and drainage schemes. He was concerned with the improvement of river navigations and worked with William Jessop on the Grand Canal of Ireland. Skempton, 228 (incorporating reports 222-227 which were issued separately).
Folio, drop-head title and a docket title, 3, [1]pp., as folded, a nice copy. This refers to the Bill for the first North Level Act of 1753. Skempton, 78. The ESTC finds copies at Bedfordshire Record Office; British Library; Cambridge University; Cambridgeshire Record Office; Huntington and the University of Kansas.
First Edition, stain on upper outer corner of 8pp. touching the text of one leaf, 16pp., stitched as issued, uncut. Includes reports on the surveys submitted by William Chapman, and Ralph Burton on a proposal to link Knaresborough by canal to the River Ure, or River Ouse. Skempton, 240.
First edition, xii, 185pp., illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.
First edition, 4to, vi, 199, [1]pp., with half-title, 6 folding engraved plates, some light foxing, disbound.
Folio, drop-head and docket titles, 4 pp., as folded, a nice copy. The ESTC locates 2 copies only, Bedfordshire Record Office and Cambridge University.
Folio, docket title, 18pp., folded and stitched as issued, a nice copy.
8vo (233 x 151 mm), 8pp., caption-title, disbound.
Small 4to (185 x 115 mm), 15, [1]pp., lacks folding map, three additional pages of contemporary manuscript notes at the end, signed by Thomas Hamer (surveyor of works of the Driffield Navigation) and on behalf of the author, followed by a handwritten statement of support signed by Thomas Hamer, cont. half calf, marbled boards. This report presented by Page also gives an itemised list of estimate of the expense of completing the works. The manuscripts additions record the "alterations suggested at the last Meeting of the Proprietors" Page's additional costs for the aforementioned alterations. This report is not only extremely rare but the additional notes are of particular value. Skempton, 1013.
First edition, 4to (230 x 175 mm), 12pp., large folding engraved plate, orig. wrappers, a single worm hole throughout otherwise a fine copy. The engraved plate shows "A Chain and Scale of Levels along the Wisbeach River and Channel from Peterborough Bridge down to the Eye at Sea. Taken in 1767 by William Elstobb." Skempton, British Civil Engineering Literature, 1871.
First edition, 8vo (205 x 125 mm), 23, [1]pp., light dampstain on lower margins, modern quarter calf, gilt lettering on spine. Neale, the rector of the parish of Manea, gives the reasons for the flooding of Manea (and its neighbouring parishes of Well and Wellnoy), as firstly, the increased numbers of mills erected, secondly, a large tunnel constructed in 1712, and thirdly the decay of the general outfall of the Ouse since Denver sluice fell.
First edition, 4to (260 x 210 mm), vol. I (all published), viii, xiv, [2], 168pp., 3 large folding engraved plates (one show the course of the river Saale from Gros-Rosenburg to the mouth of the Elbe), cont. half calf, re-backed, spine tooled in gilt with red morocco title label, corners rubbed. All published of this important work on hydrotechnics, dealing with the movement of water in stream and riverbeds. Provenance: Neat bookplate of Glasgow University Library on front paste-down. Poggendorff I, pp. 818.
First edition, 8vo, [2], 17, [1]pp., 2 folding engraved plates of "Fumific Impellers [air-engines]", disbound. Alexander Gordon, civil engineer, proposed a new form of air-engine that he colourfully called the Fumific Impeller. He insisted that air was the technological way forward, and he claimed that those who suggested that heavy machinery was necessary to harness it's power were entirely mistaken.
Fourth edition, revised, with considerable additions, 8vo, 196pp., slight stain to gutter margins, orig. boards, rubbed, joints cracked, spine peeling, uncut. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Hugh Henshall Williamson with his signature in ink to endpaper and head of title.
First edition, 8vo (190 x 120 mm), vi, [2], 74pp., without the map, later quarter calf by Birdsall & Son, Northampton, slightly rubbed, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Charles Labelye (1705-1753) was a Swiss civil engineer and mathematician. Moving to England in the 1720s and receiving patronage from the Duke of Bedford and Earl of Pembroke, he is best known for his work on the original Westminster Bridge. He was invited by the Duke of Bedford and the Corporation of the Fens to compile a full and detailed report which was undertaken during periods of special leave granted him by the Westminster Bridge Commission. Provenance: With the armorial bookplate of Lord Esm? S. Gordon. Skepton, 815, 816.
First edition, 4to (230 x 175 mm), 12pp., large folding engraved plate, orig. wrappers, a very nice copy. The engraved plate shows "A Chain and Scale of Levels along the Wisbeach River and Channel from Peterborough Bridge down to the Eye at Sea. Taken in 1767 by William Elstobb." Skempton, British Civil Engineering Literature, 1871.
First edition, 4to, [2], 3-11, [1]pp., large fine folding map at end drawn by Mr. Elstobb, "Vere sculp. Maiden Lane Covt. Gardn.", orig. wrappers, a fine copy. The report to the General Commissioners concerning the drainage of the north level of the fens. Both Golborne and Yeoman reported on the drainage of the North Level in 1769, followed by Grundy's report of 1770. In 1773-74 Golborne served as consulting engineer when a new cut was made below Wisbeach, which was known as "Kinderley's Cut" in honour of Nathaniel Kinderley, who first proposed a scheme of this kind in 1721. By Golborne's admission, this is a preliminary report, giving an estimate of costs but not attempting to determine the course of the new channel. Kress, 6641; Goldsmith, 10586.1; Higgs, 4586; Skempton, Bibliotheca Mechanica, p.141.
8vo (176 x 100 mm), xvi, 503, [1]pp., 364 illustrations on 21 folding engraved plates, showing lathes, tools and related material, orig. boards, a little rubbed but a very good copy.
First edition, folio, 4pp., dated at head of drop-head title 'December 1787', docket title (soiled), blank gutter margin slightly chipped, as folded. The National Library of Scotland copy only on the ESTC.
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with an engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 engraved portraits, 6 plates (1 double-page, 3 tinted and 2 folding), 7 facsimiles (3 double-page and 1 folding) and a large folding engraved map, neat contemporary signature on title and front paste-down, some occasional light spotting; contemporary boards, very neatly rebacked in cloth to style, paper label, a very good, clean copy of a scarce work. Neatly bound in before frontispiece is a double-page letter in facsimile from the Honourable Charles Grey acknowledging, on behalf of HRH Prince Albert, receipt of a copy of the book for the Royal Library. The letter repeats complimentary made by Queen Victoria in respect of the work. A printed slip transcribing the letter is bound in at end. With two relevant cuttings neatly affixed to front paste-down. A spare printed label is laid in at end. The Watt Club was formed after the inventor's death in 1819. Lowndes IV, 2858.
