VAUGHAN, William (1752-1850). A collection of works relating to the rebuilding of the Port of London, assembled by Vaughan, comprising: (i) 16th May 1796. Commissioners Customs. Report Relative to the Bill Depending in Parliament for Making Wet Docks in Wapping. 38-page manuscript written on rectos only, the title marked 'copy', [c.1796]. (ii) Report from the Committee Appointed to Enquire into the Best Mode of Providing Sufficient Accommodation for the Increased Trade and Shipping of the Port of London. [London]: 1796. 18 folding engraved maps and plans, one with perpetual tide-table volvelle, 9 hand-coloured, 1 folding engraved plate, 8 folding letterpress tables, woodcut plans and letterpress tables in the text. (Some light browning and offsetting, most folding maps and 1 table torn, one folding map crudely repaired with adhesive tape, lacking index leaf L2.) ESTC T123672. (iii) [Drophead title:] A Bill for Making Wet Docks ... within the Port of London; and for Making a Navigable Canal from Blackwall, to ... Wapping. [London]: 1796. (Some light browning and offsetting.) ESTC N56316 (recording 1 copy only). (iv) [Drophead title:] London Docks. London Tavern, 5th January, 1796. At a General Meeting of the Subscribers to a Fund for Forming Wet Docks at Wapping, and a Canal from Blackwall. [London]: printed at the Philanthropic Reform, 1796. ESTC N36450. (v) [Docket title:] Case of the Subscribers for Raising a Fund for Forming Wet Docks at Wapping. [London]: printed at the Philanthropic Reform, 1796. ESTC T128090/N63997. (vi) [Drophead title:] General Outlines of the London-Dock Bill, as Far as Relates to Ship-Owners. [London]: 1796. 4pp. Not located in ESTC. (vii) [Drophead title:] General Heads of a Bill for Incorporating the London-Dock Company. [London]: 1796. 2pp. Not located in ESTC. 1 One manuscript and 6 printed works bound in one volume, 2° (324 x 200mm). Paginated continuously in manuscript. Contemporary calf (worn, rebacked and recornered, boards detached, crudely reinforced on hinges and some gutters). Provenance: William Vaughan (inscriptions on titles of i and ii). A REMARKABLE SAMMELBAND ON THE REBUILDING OF THE LONDON DOCKS, FROM THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM VAUGHAN By the late 18th century, London no longer had sufficient capacity for the rapidly increasing volume of river-borne trade that passed through the city, and the rebuilding and enlargement of the existing docks became a pressing matter. One of the principal activists was Vaughan, a merchant and director of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation, who 'became one of the first authorities' on the question (DNB XX, p.187), and gave evidence to the parliamentary committee established to consider the issue. Vaughan was also one of the founder members of the committee of the London-Dock Company, and published a series of pamphlets upon the subject, which were later re-issued as A Collection of Tracts on Wet-Docks for the Port of London (London: 1797). The necessary acts of parliament were eventually passed and docks capable of supporting the massive inscrease in trade through the 19th century were built; as the DNB states, 'the great development of London as a port must be regarded as partly due to [Vaughan's] unceasing exertions' (XX, p.188). Sold as a collection of pamphlets, not subject to return.
VAUGHAN, William (1752-1850). A collection of works relating to the rebuilding of the Port of London, assembled by Vaughan, comprising: (i) 16th May 1796. Commissioners Customs. Report Relative to the Bill Depending in Parliament for Making Wet Docks in Wapping. 38-page manuscript written on rectos only, the title marked 'copy', [c.1796]. (ii) Report from the Committee Appointed to Enquire into the Best Mode of Providing Sufficient Accommodation for the Increased Trade and Shipping of the Port of London. [London]: 1796. 18 folding engraved maps and plans, one with perpetual tide-table volvelle, 9 hand-coloured, 1 folding engraved plate, 8 folding letterpress tables, woodcut plans and letterpress tables in the text. (Some light browning and offsetting, most folding maps and 1 table torn, one folding map crudely repaired with adhesive tape, lacking index leaf L2.) ESTC T123672. (iii) [Drophead title:] A Bill for Making Wet Docks ... within the Port of London; and for Making a Navigable Canal from Blackwall, to ... Wapping. [London]: 1796. (Some light browning and offsetting.) ESTC N56316 (recording 1 copy only). (iv) [Drophead title:] London Docks. London Tavern, 5th January, 1796. At a General Meeting of the Subscribers to a Fund for Forming Wet Docks at Wapping, and a Canal from Blackwall. [London]: printed at the Philanthropic Reform, 1796. ESTC N36450. (v) [Docket title:] Case of the Subscribers for Raising a Fund for Forming Wet Docks at Wapping. [London]: printed at the Philanthropic Reform, 1796. ESTC T128090/N63997. (vi) [Drophead title:] General Outlines of the London-Dock Bill, as Far as Relates to Ship-Owners. [London]: 1796. 4pp. Not located in ESTC. (vii) [Drophead title:] General Heads of a Bill for Incorporating the London-Dock Company. [London]: 1796. 2pp. Not located in ESTC. 1 One manuscript and 6 printed works bound in one volume, 2° (324 x 200mm). Paginated continuously in manuscript. Contemporary calf (worn, rebacked and recornered, boards detached, crudely reinforced on hinges and some gutters). Provenance: William Vaughan (inscriptions on titles of i and ii). A REMARKABLE SAMMELBAND ON THE REBUILDING OF THE LONDON DOCKS, FROM THE LIBRARY OF WILLIAM VAUGHAN By the late 18th century, London no longer had sufficient capacity for the rapidly increasing volume of river-borne trade that passed through the city, and the rebuilding and enlargement of the existing docks became a pressing matter. One of the principal activists was Vaughan, a merchant and director of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation, who 'became one of the first authorities' on the question (DNB XX, p.187), and gave evidence to the parliamentary committee established to consider the issue. Vaughan was also one of the founder members of the committee of the London-Dock Company, and published a series of pamphlets upon the subject, which were later re-issued as A Collection of Tracts on Wet-Docks for the Port of London (London: 1797). The necessary acts of parliament were eventually passed and docks capable of supporting the massive inscrease in trade through the 19th century were built; as the DNB states, 'the great development of London as a port must be regarded as partly due to [Vaughan's] unceasing exertions' (XX, p.188). Sold as a collection of pamphlets, not subject to return.
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