SMEATON, JOHN.

A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone: to which is subjoined an Appendix, giving some Account of the Lighthouse on the Spurn Point, built upon a Sand.

London, Printed for the Author by H. Hughs, 1791.

Large folio. Later clothbacked marbled boards. Large engraved titlevignette. XIV,198 pp., 23 engraved plates of which 4 are maps/charts. Some dampstaining to upper part of title-page. The first 5 leaves with marginal brownspots. A few plates with light toning. Plates with scattered brownspots.

First edition. The building of the Edystone lighthouse represents a new design in lighthouses.The tower was largely dismantled and rebuilt on Plymouth Hoe in Plymouth, Devon, where it stands today. - Poggendorff II,943.

Order-nr.: 56783