Lot 373
Maritime.- Reasons For a Regular Re-Establishment of the Corporation of Shipwrights of England, first edition, [?1695]; bound with Case of the Free-Shipwrights of England (The), broadside with engraving of the river Tyne, no printer, [c. 1692].
Hammer Price: £3,800
Description
Maritime.- Reasons For a Regular Re-Establishment of the Corporation of Shipwrights of England, first edition, drop-head title, [Wing R486A], no printer, [?1695]; bound with Case of the Free-Shipwrights of England (The), broadside with engraving of the river Tyne, short tear to text repaired, not affecting engraving [Wing C1079], no printer, [c. 1692], together in modern marbled wrappers, cloth chemise and calf-backed cloth slip-case, 4to
⁂ Extremely rare. Of the first work ESTC lists 3 copies only - Senate House, Columbia University and Huntington; and of the second work, only 5 copies.
Description
Maritime.- Reasons For a Regular Re-Establishment of the Corporation of Shipwrights of England, first edition, drop-head title, [Wing R486A], no printer, [?1695]; bound with Case of the Free-Shipwrights of England (The), broadside with engraving of the river Tyne, short tear to text repaired, not affecting engraving [Wing C1079], no printer, [c. 1692], together in modern marbled wrappers, cloth chemise and calf-backed cloth slip-case, 4to
⁂ Extremely rare. Of the first work ESTC lists 3 copies only - Senate House, Columbia University and Huntington; and of the second work, only 5 copies.