HULLS, Jonathan. A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine for carrying vessels or ships out of, or into any harbour, port or river, against wind and tide or in a calm , London: printed for the author [sold by T. Boreman], 1737, 12°, FIRST EDITION, 48pp., folding double-page engraved frontispiece of Hulls' steam-tug towing a frigate (with a few creases, printing flaw to C1 verso rendering 13 lines of text partially illegible, light thumb-soiling), 19th-century brown morocco gilt by Lewis (extremities rubbed), g.e., Scott bookplate. [Scott 238; Adams & Waters 2170; Maggs Nautica 252: "one of the most remarkable books in the history of navigation"
HULLS, Jonathan. A Description and Draught of a new-invented Machine for carrying vessels or ships out of, or into any harbour, port or river, against wind and tide or in a calm , London: printed for the author [sold by T. Boreman], 1737, 12°, FIRST EDITION, 48pp., folding double-page engraved frontispiece of Hulls' steam-tug towing a frigate (with a few creases, printing flaw to C1 verso rendering 13 lines of text partially illegible, light thumb-soiling), 19th-century brown morocco gilt by Lewis (extremities rubbed), g.e., Scott bookplate. [Scott 238; Adams & Waters 2170; Maggs Nautica 252: "one of the most remarkable books in the history of navigation"
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