From Trevian Books, Piermont, NY, U.S.A.
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First edition. 8vo; 288 pp.; frontis and fifty engraved plates, three colored, and thirty-one text illustrations. Covers stained; moisture stains to prelims. and very faintly to text leaves; frontis. and a few plates with noticeable water stains; other plates clean. A fair copy in original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Elliot, Secretary of the Light-House Board, traveled to England, Scotland, Ireland, France, and Austria to gain information on European advances in illuminants, lenses, and fog warnings. Plates show state-of-the-art lighthouse technology in 1873, including engraved perspectives of lighthouses, details of gas and electric illumination systems, lightships, and lenses. Seller Inventory # 010753
Bibliographic Details
Title: Report of a Tour of Inspection of European ...
Publisher: Washington: GPO, 1874.
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Geoff Baere
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