An Account of the Proceedings, in order to the Discovery of the Longitude at Sea; Relating principally to the Time-Piece of Mr. John Harrison. In a Letter to the Right Honorable ******, Member of Parliament. The Second Edition with Additions.

[Harrison, John],[Short, Andrew]

Edité par London T. and J. W. Pasham 1763, 1763

viii,[9]-98 pp. Twelvemo. Bound in early marbled boards with a new calf spine. Spine ruled in 6 panels with raised bands. Gilt rules and centre tools. Red title label. Old paste down. New free endpaper to match. Title page remargined along the binding edge. Title page somewhat soiled. Text block clean. A number of small ink corrections and some later pencil highlights. Generally a very nice nice attractive copy. See PMM 208, First edition. This small narrative was published after the sea-going trial of Harrison's H-4 chronometer returned from the West Indies. It contains the first public announcement of the successful test and the development of a reliable and safe chronometer that would revolutionize maritime travel. The First edition was published also in 1763 with this expanded 2nd edition shortly after. Both are amazingly rare with only 2 copies of the first edition appearing at auction and this being the only copy of the second edition ever being auctioned. This is the Brook-Hitching's copy which sold 10 years ago for 16,500 pounds. He bought it at a Dominic Winter in 2000 for 6200 Pounds. Something tells me this may be once in a lifetime chance to acquire a copy. N° de réf. du vendeur 144746

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : An Account of the Proceedings, in order to ...
Éditeur : London T. and J. W. Pasham 1763
Date d'édition : 1763
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Edition : Edition originale