Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce; with the premiums offered in the Year 1801. Volume XIX

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Old quarter calf over speckled boards, gilt spine title, red speckled edges. 21.2×13.5×3.5 cm. Published by The Society. London. 1801. lxv, 465, [4] pages. Portrait frontis plus eight engraved plates and one paper sample. Good, ex-library with light markings, slight worming to the spine, paper lightly toned, offsetting from plates. The Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, now commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts was established in 1754 to promote the useful arts and sciences. This is a volume of their annual journal with descriptions of inventions in various fields. weight: 1.6 lb.