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Third report from the select committee upon the improvement of the Port of London. Ordered to be printed 28th July 1800.
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GREAT BRITAIN., Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee Upon the Improvement of the Port of London
[Report. 1800:07:28]
Third report from the select committee upon the improvement of the Port of London. Ordered to be printed 28th July 1800.
London (Place), 1800.
50, *51--54*, 51--141, [1] p. ; 33.1 cm. (2º)
The first report was published in 1796, the year in which the Committee was appointed, and the second in July 1799 (q.v.). Three copies of the set of plans and drawings to accompany the third report are in the Soane Museum (q.v.); some additional letterpress leaves paginated [4], 143--149, [1], evidently intended for the report, were issued separately with three additional plates, but none of these are present in the Soane copies. See Dorothy Stroud, George Dance, architect, 1741--1825 (London 1971), pp. 150--155; BAL, Early printed books, no. 1352 (plates); ESTC t50096.
Copy Notes Copy 1: Bound (2) in a C20th volume with the second report and with a report on compensations, 1799--1824 (q.v.).
Copy 2: Title-page inscribed in pencil Duplicate in the hand of A.T. Bolton, seventh curator of the Museum.
Binding Copy 1: C20th blue cloth, gilt-ruled spine.
Copy 2: Stitched without wrappers.
Reference Number 4460
Additional Names Port of London
[Report. 1800:07:28]
Third report from the select committee upon the improvement of the Port of London. Ordered to be printed 28th July 1800.
London (Place), 1800.
50, *51--54*, 51--141, [1] p. ; 33.1 cm. (2º)
The first report was published in 1796, the year in which the Committee was appointed, and the second in July 1799 (q.v.). Three copies of the set of plans and drawings to accompany the third report are in the Soane Museum (q.v.); some additional letterpress leaves paginated [4], 143--149, [1], evidently intended for the report, were issued separately with three additional plates, but none of these are present in the Soane copies. See Dorothy Stroud, George Dance, architect, 1741--1825 (London 1971), pp. 150--155; BAL, Early printed books, no. 1352 (plates); ESTC t50096.
Copy Notes Copy 1: Bound (2) in a C20th volume with the second report and with a report on compensations, 1799--1824 (q.v.).
Copy 2: Title-page inscribed in pencil Duplicate in the hand of A.T. Bolton, seventh curator of the Museum.
Binding Copy 1: C20th blue cloth, gilt-ruled spine.
Copy 2: Stitched without wrappers.
Reference Number 4460
Additional Names Port of London