The Elements of Land Surveying Assigned Principally for the Use of Schools and Students
by Crocker, Alfred
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Richard Phillips, 1806. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A good copy in contemporary calf with wear to the spine and some scattered foxing. 312pp. with folding coloured plan frontispiece, 2 further folding plans and i full page + many line engravings in text. The title page dated 1806 with a Dedication dated 1809.Alfred Crocker (1742 - 1821) was the surveyor and printer master of the Bluecoat School, the mathematics school at Christ's Hospital especifically for training boys in naviagtion for the Royal Navy..
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- Bookseller
- Rickaro Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 061174
- Title
- The Elements of Land Surveying Assigned Principally for the Use of Schools and Students
- Author
- Crocker, Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Richard Phillips
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1806
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Surveying Science Land Management Education
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Technology & Engineering; Countryside;
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- Title Page
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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