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London, printed for the author; and sold by Mess. Payne, Cadell and Davies, Rivingtons, Dilly, and Richardson, 1799.. TITLE CONTINUED: Of Measures Taken To Give Effect To The Invention Since The Reward Bestowed Upon it by The House Of Commons In The Year 1793; A Republication of A Tract by The Late Mr. Mudge on The Improvement Of Time-Keepers; and a series of letters written by him to His Excellency Count Bruhl, between the years 1773 and 1787. FIRST EDITION 1799. 4to, approximately 275 x 200 mm, 10½ x 8 inches, PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE MISSING, good facsimile on old paper inserted, 9 folding engraved plates, pages: [12], CLI (151), followed by divisional title page, [3], 4-176, contemporary half calf, gilt lettered label and gilt decoration to spine, marbled boards. Binding rubbed, 1 inch damaged at foot of upper hinge, corners worn, lower corner of upper board repaired, pale browning to facsimile frontispiece, occasional pale browning and spotting, otherwise a very clean copy. Mudge was watchmaker to… Leer más