The Life of Robert Fulton... Comprising Some Account of the Invention, Progress, and Establishment of Steam-Boats; of Improvements in the Construction and Navigation of Canals, and Other Objects of Public Utility

Author: Colden, Cadwallader D.
Title: The Life of Robert Fulton... Comprising Some Account of the Invention, Progress, and Establishment of Steam-Boats; of Improvements in the Construction and Navigation of Canals, and Other Objects of Public Utility
Publication: New York: Kirk & Mercein, 1817

Description: Hard Cover. Good.

vi, 371 pp. 22 x 13.5 cm. Full stained calf with gilt tooling and titling to spine. Rubbing to spine with some loss of gilt, and some minor chipping to upper corners of spine label. Rubbing and light scuffing to boards, with bumping and some wear to corners. Toning to edges of text block and endpapers, with toning and foxing throughout. Some light dampstaining to head and tail of text block. 8 mm oval hole in rear free endpaper caused by insect damage. 5 cm tear to hinge of front endpapers. This particular copy has a frontispiece portrait of Fulton, but it is not the original image that would have been in the published book. This copy is also extra-illustrated with five plates from a more modern edition, or possibly from another book altogether. The plates are as follows: a holograph letter of Fulton about the engine, 1804; another portrait of Fulton from the collection of Dr. Gilbert L. Parker of Philadelphia; a diagram of Fulton's submarine, "Nautilus", 1798; Fulton's drawings for his first steamboat, 1803; and "The Steamboat" as she appeared in 1807. Only about one-third of the fold-out chart is present, with the missing two-thirds being replaced with a handwritten copy of the original. Binding sound.

Seller ID: 627295

Subject: Americana, Biography, New Additions, Transportation



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