53. Fulton (Robert) A Treatise on the improvement of Canal Navigation, first edition , 17 engraved plates, without the advertisement leaf at end, plates foxed, light browning to text, a few pencil annotations, contemporary half calf, boards rubbed, rebacked and recornered, green morocco label to spine, [Goldsmiths’ 16780; Kress B.3129; Sabin 26201; Skempton 517], 4to, 1796.
est. £350 – £450
Scarce work by the pioneer of steam navigation, including a chapter on railways. Sabin calls for a portrait but this is not recorded anywhere else.