336 pp. With numerous copper-engraved plates, many folding plus data tables and illustrations within the text. 20x12 cm (8x4¾"), period quarter calf with marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Title continues: "Mechanicks, Trade, Navigation, Architecture and other Arts and Sciences; Which may render it Instructive and Entertaining to the Gentry, Merchants, Farmers and Tradesmen. To which occasionally will be added an Impartial Account of Books in several Languages and the State of Learning in Europe; also Of the Stage, New Operas, Plays, and Oratorios. Vol. III. Published monthly according to Act of Parliament." Previous owner's bookplate on pastedown.
336 pp. With numerous copper-engraved plates, many folding plus data tables and illustrations within the text. 20x12 cm (8x4¾"), period quarter calf with marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Title continues: "Mechanicks, Trade, Navigation, Architecture and other Arts and Sciences; Which may render it Instructive and Entertaining to the Gentry, Merchants, Farmers and Tradesmen. To which occasionally will be added an Impartial Account of Books in several Languages and the State of Learning in Europe; also Of the Stage, New Operas, Plays, and Oratorios. Vol. III. Published monthly according to Act of Parliament." Previous owner's bookplate on pastedown.
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