Technology - Shipping - Woodcroft, Bennet. A sketch of the origin and progress of steam navigation from authentic documents. With tinted lithographic title and 16 (6 tinted) lithographic plates. London, Taylor, Walton, and Maberly, 1848. 4 pp., IV, 140 pp. 24 x 17.5 cm. Blind-stamped original cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and gilt-stamped cover illustration (slightly bumped, rear cover somewhat stained). First edition. - Abbey, Life 348 - Scheepvaart Museum 782 - With beautiful views of various steamships by J. C. Bourne. - At the end a list of all patents for ship propulsion since 1618 - Partly somewhat browned.

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