A SUCCINCT VIEW AND ANALYSIS OF AUTHENTIC INFORMATION EXTANT IN ORIGINAL WORKS, ON THE PRACTICABILITY OF JOINING THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS, BY SHIP CANAL ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF AMERICA
by Pitman, Robert Birks
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London: Printed for J.M. Richardson,...and J. Hatchard and Son, 1825.. viii,229,[3]pp. including errata, plus folding map. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt, gilt label. Boards a bit rubbed and worn, front board warped top and bottom edges. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown and author's presentation inscription on titlepage. Pages slightly wrinkled with minor foxing, heavier towards the end, otherwise bright and clean internally. Folding map quite clean and crisp. Overall, about very good. A nice association copy of the author's only work, on the practicability of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, inscribed to Sir Humphry Davy. Seeing that much had been written about the idea over the years but never collected and analyzed, Pitman gathers existing reports on the topography, weather, and general feasibility of building a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, quoting extensively from over 150 years of materials beginning with Wafer's 1681 VOYAGE. The folding map depicts much of the "Isthmus of America," and outlines five possible locations for the building of such a canal.
This copy is inscribed "with the author's respects" to famed chemist and inventor Sir Humphry Davy, and bears the armorial bookplate of Lady Davy. Davy is perhaps most well-known for his creation of the Davy Lamp, an oil lamp that could be safely used in mines filled with combustible gases. In addition, he is credited with the discovery of the elements Sodium and Potassium (among others), and was President of the Royal Society from 1820 to 1827. KRESS C.1524. GOLDSMITH 24643. SABIN 63055.
This copy is inscribed "with the author's respects" to famed chemist and inventor Sir Humphry Davy, and bears the armorial bookplate of Lady Davy. Davy is perhaps most well-known for his creation of the Davy Lamp, an oil lamp that could be safely used in mines filled with combustible gases. In addition, he is credited with the discovery of the elements Sodium and Potassium (among others), and was President of the Royal Society from 1820 to 1827. KRESS C.1524. GOLDSMITH 24643. SABIN 63055.
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- A SUCCINCT VIEW AND ANALYSIS OF AUTHENTIC INFORMATION EXTANT IN ORIGINAL WORKS, ON THE PRACTICABILITY OF JOINING THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS, BY SHIP CANAL ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF AMERICA
- Author
- Pitman, Robert Birks
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for J.M. Richardson,...and J. Hatchard and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1825.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Edges
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- Association Copy
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- Gilt
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- Crisp
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- Errata
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- Inscribed
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