Author: Boys, Thomas (Publisher).
Title: CURIOSITIES FOR THE INGENIOUS: Selected from the most authentic Treasures of Nature, Science and Art, Biography, History, and General Literature.
Description: London: Published by ... Ludgate-Hill ..., 1821. 1st Ed. 12mo. xi + [i] + pp.(13-192). 13 engravings on 12 plates. Light age toning, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, upper joint lightly cracked though firm, gilt motifs and lettering to spine. ¶ Topics include walking on stilts, threshing machine, Automaton chess player, carriage without horses, statistics curious averages, capricious beer casks, power of the steam engine, etc.

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