Lot 126
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Steam Ship Construction
John Weale, Architectural Library, publisher
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 659
Auction: 22 September 2021 at 11:00 BST
Estimate: £300 - £400
Description
"Steam Navigation. Glow Worm, Rainbow &c." [printed label on upper board], large folio, 10 folding or double-page engraved plates on 9 sheets, one split at fold, printed slip of Contents at beginning, no title-page, [not traced in BL catalogue], contemporary half cloth
Footnote
Note: The plates are of Iron Steam Yacht Glow-Worm & Iron Steam Ship Rainbow, constructed by John Laird, marine engines, American Armed Steam Ship Fulton, Admiralty Yacht Fire-brand, drawn by J. H. Lang, and Iron Steam Ship Nevka, constructed for Her Imperial Majesty the Empress of Russia by Messrs. Fairbairn and Murray. Rare. Not found in BL catalogue.