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Record Nr.

UNISA996396056103316

Autore

Roberts W., Sir.

Titolo

[An] answer to Mr. Fords booke [[electronic resource] ] : entituled A designe for bringing a navigable river, from Rickmansworth in Hartfordshire to St. Giles in the fields

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Printed at London, : [s.n.], 1641

Descrizione fisica

[14] p., [1] leaf of plates : map (folded)

Soggetti

Inland navigation - England

Canals - Design and construction

Lea River (Bedfordshire-Middlesex, England) Navigation Early works to 1800

Colne River (Hertfordshire-Middlesex, England) Navigation Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

By Sir Walter Roberts. Another edition has the author's name on the title page.

A plan to improve navigation on the river Lea, from Stanstead, Essex, to London. Sir Edward Ford's "A designe for bringing a navigable river from Rickmansworth ..", published in 1641, concerned canal building adjacent to the river Colne (cf. Wing (2nd ed.) F1519).

Copy cropped at head affecting title.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014