An Inquiry into the Means which have been taken to Preserve the British Navy... from that Species of Decay, now denominated Dry-Rot

by John Knowles

$1,500 · Offered by Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

First edition

London: Winchester and Varnham, 1821. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 4to. 164 pages. Contemporary midnight blue straight-grained morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, rose-colored paper endleaves, morocco gilt inner dentelles, edges gilt. Wear at ends of spine and along outer joints and at places on edges, otherwise in very good condition. Item #409185 First edition. The

• Binding: Leather

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