Rare Books

The report of Robert Mylne, engineer, on the proposed improvement of the drainage and navigation of the river Ouze, by executing a straight cut, from Eau-Brink, to Kings-Lynn

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: MDCCXCII. [1792].
Call number: 653660
Creator: Committee of Landowners and Others Interested in the Improvement of the Outfall of the River Ouse(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Maggs Bros. Ltd. Rare Books & Manuscripts, December 2021. In vol. 3 of twelve pamphlet volumes bound for William Pearce (1744-1820). This volume is signed W. Pearce 1815 and has his ms. table of contents. Probably from a collection begun by James Golborne, and the title page has the cropped tail of what may be a letter J. Ely Cathedral Library copy, sold at Christie's (30 May 1986:196). Volumes 3-8 of the twelve bought by the Huntington from Maggs Bros., Nov. 2021; the other six were evidently sold earlier and their whereabouts is unknown.

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