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Auction archive: Lot number 12

Quest for canals in U.S. 1805 with map

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$840
Auction archive: Lot number 12

Quest for canals in U.S. 1805 with map

Estimate
US$500 - US$800
Price realised:
US$840
Beschreibung:

61, [1] pp. + final blank. Folding engraved map as frontispiece. (8vo) 21.5x12 cm (8½x4¾"), modern cloth, leather spine label. First Edition. One of the earliest American works entirely devoted to canals in which the author advocates the advancement of navigable communication between the states in the Northeast, South, and Midwest, extolling the advantages for trade in manufactured and agricultural goods. Howes notes that this work is also ascribed to Turner Camac, and apparently it was "principally extracted" from Camac's Inland Navigation in Ireland and adapted by William Blodgett for American waterways. Quite uncommon with the map, titled "A Map of Pennsylvania Delaware New Jersey & Maryland with the Parts adjacent," measuring 30x38.5 cm. Howes B539; Sabin 5959. Old inkstamp of Towsend Whelen to top of title page.

Auction archive: Lot number 12
Auction:
Datum:
24 Oct 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

61, [1] pp. + final blank. Folding engraved map as frontispiece. (8vo) 21.5x12 cm (8½x4¾"), modern cloth, leather spine label. First Edition. One of the earliest American works entirely devoted to canals in which the author advocates the advancement of navigable communication between the states in the Northeast, South, and Midwest, extolling the advantages for trade in manufactured and agricultural goods. Howes notes that this work is also ascribed to Turner Camac, and apparently it was "principally extracted" from Camac's Inland Navigation in Ireland and adapted by William Blodgett for American waterways. Quite uncommon with the map, titled "A Map of Pennsylvania Delaware New Jersey & Maryland with the Parts adjacent," measuring 30x38.5 cm. Howes B539; Sabin 5959. Old inkstamp of Towsend Whelen to top of title page.

Auction archive: Lot number 12
Auction:
Datum:
24 Oct 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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