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. With an Appendix

Colden, Cadwallader D.

Edité par Published by Kirk & Mercein, No.22 Wall Street, New York, 1817

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First edition. 8vo. 6, 371 pp. Frontis. port. & folding table. Original printed boards and paper spine, page fore-edges untrimmed. Some vertical splitting to spine, old glue repairs to spine and front joint, triangular piece torn from blank front flyleaf, ownership signature and ownership label on front pastedown. Colden took great interest in internal improvements and navigation, as is evidenced in his splendid 1825 memoir on the completion of New York canals. He actively supported Fulton's patent rights and the steamboat monopoly. DAB describes this biography as "an uncritical but detailed survey of the inventor's career, which minimizes the contributions of earlier pioneers in the field of steam navigation." AMERICAN IMPRINTS 40508. KRESS B6892.

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• Titre: 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. With an Appendix
• Éditeur: Published by Kirk & Mercein, No.22 Wall Street, New York
• Date de parution: 1817
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Americana