Description
Engineering.- Perry (Capt. John) An Account of the Stopping of Daggenham Breach, first edition, folding engraved map by H.Moll with contemporary annotation in ink, lacking errata slip, light spotting and soiling, map torn and repaired, contemporary calf, rubbed, lettering on upper cover scored out, rebacked, 8vo, Benj. Tooke, 1721.
⁂ Account of the extraordinary feat of engineering executed by the hydraulic engineer John Perry in repairing two breaches in the Thames embankment at Dagenham, caused by storms and neglect.
Lot 80
Engineering.- Perry (Capt. John) An Account of the Stopping of Daggenham Breach, first edition, folding engraved map, contemporary calf, 8vo, Benj. Tooke, 1721.
Estimate: £200 - 300
Description
Engineering.- Perry (Capt. John) An Account of the Stopping of Daggenham Breach, first edition, folding engraved map by H.Moll with contemporary annotation in ink, lacking errata slip, light spotting and soiling, map torn and repaired, contemporary calf, rubbed, lettering on upper cover scored out, rebacked, 8vo, Benj. Tooke, 1721.
⁂ Account of the extraordinary feat of engineering executed by the hydraulic engineer John Perry in repairing two breaches in the Thames embankment at Dagenham, caused by storms and neglect.