Woodcroft, Bennet. (Professor of Machinery in University College, London.) A Sketch of the Origin and Progress of Steam Navigation from Authentic Documents. , London: Taylor, Walton and Maberly. 1848.

First edition. Large 8vo. Pp. iv, 140, 16 (adverts) 17 plates of which 7 are chromolithographs. One of these is a second title page.Bound in original brown buckram with gilt illustration of a steam ship on the front cover and with gilt titles. The spine has been professionally underlayed and with new endpapers. Very attractive copy. Scans available.  (Book ref. 16175)  £150.00

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