Pitman robert birks (15 résultats)

Paperback or Softback. Etat : New. A Succinct View and Analysis of Authentic Information Extant in Original Works on the Practicability of Joining the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by a S. Book.

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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - bTitle:/b A Succinct View and Analysis of authentic information extant in original works on the practicability of joining the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by a Ship Canal across the Isthmus of America.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.br/br/The HISTORY OF CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Titles in this collection provide cultural, statistical, commercial, chronological and geo-economic histories of Central and South America. This series also includes texts, reports, letters, and illustrated and interpretive histories of indigenous peoples, and the natural and built environments that have fascinated historians for centuries. Along with written records, the collection features transcribed oral histories and traditions spanning the range of cultures and civilisations in the southern hemisphere. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:br/++++br/br/b/b British Librarybr/b/b Pitman, Robert Birks; br/b/b 1825.br/b/b 8º.br/b/b T 10132br/.…

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8vo. viii, 229pp., errata. Original marbled boards with recent brown leather period style spine, rules in gilt, black leather title and author label stamped in gilt. The first compilation of determining the best route across the Isthumus. Goldsmith-Kress 24643. Sabin 63055.

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Etat : New. Print on Demand pp. 260.

Etat : New. Print on Demand pp. 260.

Etat : New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 260.

First Edition. 8vo, xiii, 229, [3] including errata. [light spotting] Engraved folding map of the Isthmus of America, exhibiting the routes for a Ship Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Title with neat contemporary blind-stamp and Author Presentation inscription ' With Authors Respects ' Bound contemporary blue calf, gilt ruled, raised bands gilt, leather title. Sabin 63055. …

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. Humphry Davy is perhaps best 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. GOLDSMITHS 24643. SABIN 63055. 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. …