by W.S. Lindsay
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1874-76.
4 volumes. 8vo. each volume over 600 pages.
withdrawn from the library of the Institution of Engineers in Scotland, with a few stamps. hinges and stitching a little weak in volume one, otherwise in good tight and clean condition in the original decorative brown cloth
[very heavy books that may require extra shipping costs for overseas orders]
tracing the history of commerce by sea from pre-historic times to the second half of the nineteenth century. an important and monumental work.
complete with the three folding maps, and a large folding engraved plate of the 'Great Eastern', and with the publisher's catalogue at the end of volume four.
