melvill thomas (3 Ergebnisse)

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium with mourning border and armorial letterhead. In fair condition, on aged paper, with slight traces of glue from mount on blank reverse of second leaf. His reply has been delayed by the fact that Stephenson's letter was misdirected to 'Highbury College'. He thanks Stephenson for his letter, and feels 'so much pleasure' at 'time passed in Edinburgh', regarding 'that great city with so sincere an affection, that it is very pleasing to [him] to receive so kind a letter from one of its inhabitants'.

First and only edition; 8vo (11.5 x 18cm); title-page with a few fox marks; modern patterned wrappers; 40pp. The first and only edition of Thomas Melvill's treatise on the wool trade. The author, a weaver, proposes that the Scottish woollen industry would be best served by emulating the methods for the production of fine quality woollen goods used in Norwich and finds fault with the arguments advanced to the contrary by Patrick Lindsay in The Interest of Scotland Considered (Edinburgh, 1733). ESTC T76896; Goldsmiths' 7198; Hanson 4683; Kress 4190.

Ed. The Scottish Oceanogrphical Laboratory - 1912, in-4, reliurepercaline , 353 pages et 26 planches hors-texte Très bon état intérieur, quelques taches claires sur le premier plat de la couverture - Pour les envois hors de France, la tafication «livre & brochure» pour les frais de port a disparue.Les frais de port annoncés correspondent à une moyenne. Ils seront calculés au plus juste en fonction du poids de votre article.