A Poetical Sketch of the Norwich & Lowestoft Navigation Works, from their Commencement at Lake Lothing, to the Opening of the Harbour, August 10, 1831, in Three Cantos, with Notes.
Livres anciens et modernes
Cole (William)
Norwich: Printed for the Author, 1833.,
A Poetical Sketch of the Norwich & Lowestoft Navigation Works, from their Commencement at Lake Lothing, to the Opening of the Harbour, August 10, 1831, in Three Cantos, with Notes.
Livres anciens et modernes
Cole (William)
Norwich: Printed for the Author, 1833.,
243,76 €
(Grantham,
Royaume-Uni)
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Détails
- Auteur
- Cole (William)
- Éditeurs
- Norwich: Printed for the Author, 1833.
- Thème
- POETRY MARITIME NAVIGATION NORWICH NORFOLK SUFFOLK LOWESTOFT
Description
First edition, 8vo (200 x 130 mm), vii, [1], 30pp., coloured folding map frontis., cont. half calf, marbled boards, spine defective at foot, gilt lettered red morocco label on upper cover. A poetical celebration of the opening of the port of Norwich by William Cole (1769-1835), Suffolk farmer, later clerk at the Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation Works. The plan for making Norwich a Port was first submitted by Crisp Brown on the 3rd of May, 1814, in which year William Cubitt, Civil Engineer, took a survey of the Navigation. The Royal Assent was granted on the 28th of May, 1827. Rare: Copac locating the BL and Oxford copies only.
