The elevation, section, plan, and views, of a triple vessel, and of wheels. With explanations of the figures in the engraving, and a short account of the properties and advantages of the invention. By Patrick Miller, Esq; of Dalswinton.

The elevation, section, plan, and views, of a triple vessel, and of wheels. With explanations of the figures in the engraving, and a short account of the properties and advantages of the invention. By Patrick Miller, Esq; of Dalswinton.
Date
1787
By
Miller, Patrick, 1731-1815, Erskine, John Thomas, Earl of Mar, 1772-1828, Jardine, James, 1776-1858, Scott, William, active 1785-1799
Notes

With parallel French and English titlepages and texts.

Endleaves are watermarked with the Strasbourg Bend countermarked 'I Taylor" (Heawood 108); text has a fleur-de-lis countermarked 'J Whatman'.

English short title catalogue, T230863

Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Thomson-Gale, 2005. 1 reel ; 35 mm. Unit 437. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 15295, no. 01).

Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy (391121) exhibited: “The Book Beautiful”, National Library of New Zealand, 2 Mar - 22 May 2015. Upper cover. Clio 555529

Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Binding by William Scott of Edinburgh: central section of untooled tree calf with surrounding calf coloured red; the area between black mottled; endpapers are large-spot marbled. See review in: Lightbourne, R. William Scott binding in New Zealand (Book collector, 63 no. 2 (2014), p. 251-257). Provenance: inscription on front fly leaf: Patrick Miller Esq. of Dalswinton 25 Oct 1799; 19th century armorial bookplate on upper pastedown of I. Thomas Erskine (Franks, 9942); bookseller's mark on recto of last endleaf 'DT[?] 7/12/29'; and in black ink on verso of penultimate leaf 'Jardine-1859-No.107'; in pencil on verso of the first front endleaf '91/157 Naval'. Acc. 391121.

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Related to
Digital Collection = Kohinga Matihiko 81268192800002836 Alma Collection

Other Titles
Elevation, section, plan, and views, of a triple vessel. French and English
Publisher
Edinburgh : [s.n.], M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]
Format
27,[1]p.,plate ; 44 cm. (2⁰)
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