ARMSTRONG, Colonel John. The History of the Ancient and Present State of the Navigation of the Port of King's-Lyn, and of Cambridge ... With the Method proposed for draining the Said Fens, and amending the Harbour of Lyn . London: for L. Davis, C. Reymers and B. White, 1766. 2° (367 x 252mm). 8 engraved maps (including an additional one), most folding, 2 hand-coloured (the general map folded before binding and rather browned and a little weak along the folds, light discolouration). 20th-century sprinkled half calf (very lightly rubbed). Provenance : Crown Estate Office, Office of Woods (library stamps on endpapers and one at head of title). FIRST EDITION, second issue, the first having appeared in 1725. The extra map is entitled 'A Mapp of the Fenn-Rivers and of the New Cutts propos'd in the following Scheme; for the effectual draining of those Fenns, and restoring Lynn Harbour'. Upcott II, pp.1000-01 (calling for 7 maps).
ARMSTRONG, Colonel John. The History of the Ancient and Present State of the Navigation of the Port of King's-Lyn, and of Cambridge ... With the Method proposed for draining the Said Fens, and amending the Harbour of Lyn . London: for L. Davis, C. Reymers and B. White, 1766. 2° (367 x 252mm). 8 engraved maps (including an additional one), most folding, 2 hand-coloured (the general map folded before binding and rather browned and a little weak along the folds, light discolouration). 20th-century sprinkled half calf (very lightly rubbed). Provenance : Crown Estate Office, Office of Woods (library stamps on endpapers and one at head of title). FIRST EDITION, second issue, the first having appeared in 1725. The extra map is entitled 'A Mapp of the Fenn-Rivers and of the New Cutts propos'd in the following Scheme; for the effectual draining of those Fenns, and restoring Lynn Harbour'. Upcott II, pp.1000-01 (calling for 7 maps).
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