The elevation, section, plan, and views, of a triple vessel, and of wheels. : With explanations of the figures in the engraving, and a short account of the properties and advantages of the invention. /
Miller, Patrick,1731-1815.
Anderson, Robert S.,-1868,former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.l.1
Miller, Patrick,1731-1815,donor.StEdNL: Bdg.1.4
Menzies, Robert,of Leith,former owner.NLS: Bdg.l.19
Scott, William,active 1775-1790?,binder.StEdNL: Bdg.l.1, Bdg.l.4 & Bdg.l.19
Society of Writers to H.M. Signet (Great Britain),former owner.StEdNL: Bdg.l.1
Edinburgh: : [s.n.],
Printed in the year M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]
The similarity of all three bindings would suggest they were completed by William Scott.
ESTC
Armorial stamp of the Society of Writers to the Signet on front and back boards. Pencil inscription at head of title page: 4 Atholl Place. Note written 2/12/[19]76 on verso of front free endpaper states that: No. 4 Atholl Place was occupied by Robert S. Anderson, WS, until his death in 1868.
Author's presentation copy to the Advocates Library. Contemporary ink inscription "Donum dedit auctor" on the recto of the front flyleaf preceding the titlepage.
Contemporary ink inscription on the title page "Rob. Menzies Leith".
Bound in tree calf by William Scott of Edinburgh with gilt neoclassical borders on front and back boards. Contemporary inscription on verso of leaf facing title: Bound by Willm. Scott Edinr. (Loudon WS 6).
Bound in tree calf by William Scott of Edinburgh with gilt neoclassical borders in red calf on front and back boards (Loudon WS 5).
Bound in tree calf by William Scott of Edinburgh with gilt neoclassical borders in red calf on front and back boards (Loudon WS 10).
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