SMEATON (JOHN)
A Narrative of the Building and a Description of the Construction of the Edystone Lighthouse with Stone, FIRST EDITION, engraved vignette on title, 23 engraved plates and plans (one folding, 4 shaved at lower margin just touching imprint or image), letterpress "Advertisement to the reader", occasional spotting, small splotch to one leaf of text, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine and red morocco spine label (rubbed) [Skempton 1338], folio (520 x 355mm.), for the Author, by H. Hughes, 1791