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365 WASSERBAU. - Fulton, R(obert). A Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation; exhibiting the Numerous Advantages to be derived from Small Canals. And Boats of Two to Five Feet Wide, containing from Two to Five Tons Burthen... Ldn., Taylor, 1796. 4°. XVI, 144 SS., 17 Kupfertaf. Hellbraun gegl. Kalbsldr. d. Zt. (Rücken erneuert). Schätzpreis: *R (400,- €) / (520,- $) Kress B 3129; Sabin 26201. - Erste Ausgabe. - "The only substantial work ever published by this pioneer of steam navigation. It contains an account of his patent of a double-inclined plane, the object of which was to set aside the use of locks; also plans for the construction of cast-iron aqueducts and bridges" (Sotheran, Suppl. I, 6768). - Ohne das Bl. mit den Anzeigen. Etwas wasser- u. stockfl., Rücken u. Vors. erneuert. - Gest. Wappenexlibris (Edward) Mackenzie, Fawley Court (schottischer Bankier, gest. 1880). Zuschlag: 260,- € / 338,- $ " Jahr Haus Auktion Preis Einband Zustand
365 WASSERBAU. - Fulton, R(obert). A Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation; exhibiting the Numerous Advantages to be derived from Small Canals. And Boats of Two to Five Feet Wide, containing from Two to Five Tons Burthen... Ldn., Taylor, 1796. 4°. XVI, 144 SS., 17 Kupfertaf. Hellbraun gegl. Kalbsldr. d. Zt. (Rücken erneuert). Schätzpreis: *R (400,- €) / (520,- $) Kress B 3129; Sabin 26201. - Erste Ausgabe. - "The only substantial work ever published by this pioneer of steam navigation. It contains an account of his patent of a double-inclined plane, the object of which was to set aside the use of locks; also plans for the construction of cast-iron aqueducts and bridges" (Sotheran, Suppl. I, 6768). - Ohne das Bl. mit den Anzeigen. Etwas wasser- u. stockfl., Rücken u. Vors. erneuert. - Gest. Wappenexlibris (Edward) Mackenzie, Fawley Court (schottischer Bankier, gest. 1880). Zuschlag: 260,- € / 338,- $ " Jahr Haus Auktion Preis Einband Zustand