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Williamson G.

Memorials of the Lineage, Early Life, Education, and Development of the Genius of James Watt.

Thomas Constable for the Watt Club, [Edinburgh], 1856

126.50 €

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Year of publication
1856
Author
Williamson G.
Publishers
Thomas Constable for the Watt Club, [Edinburgh]
Keyword
science, technology, engineering, inventors, scotland, watt, g. williamson, science, medicine, memorials, lineage, early, life, education, development, genius, james, watt
Languages
English

Description

Roy. 4to., First Edition, with an engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 engraved portraits, 6 plates (1 double-page, 3 tinted and 2 folding), 7 facsimiles (3 double-page and 1 folding) and a large folding engraved map, neat contemporary signature on title and front paste-down, some occasional light spotting; contemporary boards, very neatly rebacked in cloth to style, paper label, a very good, clean copy of a scarce work. Neatly bound in before frontispiece is a double-page letter in facsimile from the Honourable Charles Grey acknowledging, on behalf of HRH Prince Albert, receipt of a copy of the book for the Royal Library. The letter repeats complimentary made by Queen Victoria in respect of the work. A printed slip transcribing the letter is bound in at end. With two relevant cuttings neatly affixed to front paste-down. A spare printed label is laid in at end. The Watt Club was formed after the inventor's death in 1819. Lowndes IV, 2858.
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