Life of Robert Stevenson, Civil Engineer
Edinburgh / London: Adam and Charles Black / E. and F.N. Spon, 1878. Very Good. Item #47179
Edinburgh / London: Adam and Charles Black / E. and F.N. Spon, 1878. First Edition. Quarto (26cm); publisher's brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; x,[2],283pp.; engraved frontispiece, 12 leaves of plates, additional text illus. throughout. Corners and spine ends bumped, spine cocked and a bit darkened, rear hinge starting; overall Very Good and sound. Twentieth century ownership ex libris of the late chemist and bibliophile Sydney Ross to front pastedown.
Generously illustrated biography of the life and work of the Scottish civil engineer Robert Stevenson (1772-1850), best known for his ferries and lighthouses, the most of the latter the Bell Rock Lighthouse off the coast of Angus, Scotland, the world's oldest standing lighthouse.
Price: $100.00