Sir, the very high patronage with which the inclosed proposals are honoured, together with the importance of the subject, will, I hope, plead my excuse with you for the liberty of this address. ...
Koops, Matthias.
[London,
1796]
Signed and dated: Matthias Koops. April, 1796.
The "inclosed proposals" are the separate undated folio 'Proposals for printing and publishing by subscription, correct maps of the rivers Rhine, Maese, and Scheldt, .. The whole taken and surveyed by Matthias Koops, ..'.
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