Editore: Providence, 1855
Da: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
1st printing (presumed). Broadside, printed in black ink, 34 lines of text. Verso blank [except for 2 lines of mss]. 3 wood engraved views of the furnance. 10-3/4" x 9-1/4" "A central heating furnace was said to have been invented in 1835 in Worcester, MA. Early furnaces were locally produced for the specific job â" there was no furnace industry per se. The first U.S. furnace manufacturer was the Richardson & Boynton Co., Brooklyn NY, which began mass marketing furnaces about 1837. The company survived until 1942." [the NEWS website]. The text herein puffs the superiority of Boynton's patented [as of August 1854] ventilating furnance, with "orders personally attended to in any part of the State, by W. G. Wing, Agent, (Late Wing & Watson). Hint of age-toning & a couple fold-lines, otherwise a VG+ copy of this fragile, and rare, survivor. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve.
Editore: Cheshire CT, 1837
Da: Eclectibles, ABAA, Tolland, CT, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
Condizione: Light margin wear. Else fine. A 15.5" by 11.5" broadside promoting a Patent Cider Mill, a new invention by Nathan Both, 1837. A 4" x 5 1/4" woodcut of the horse powered device and the horse. Designed after the Box Coffee Mill for the purpose of grinding Apples into Pumice. The narrative describes the device and operation in detail. Offered to the subscriber to build or sell mills to individual, town or county rights. Nathan Booth. Cheshire, New Haven Co. Ct., July 25, 1837. Geometric decorative devices border the page. Reverse is blank. The National World War I Museum and Memorial.
Editore: Cheshire CT, 1837
Da: Eclectibles, ABAA, Tolland, CT, U.S.A.
Manoscritto / Collezionismo cartaceo
A 15 1/2" x 11 1/2" broadside promoting a Patent Cider Mill, a new invention by Nathan Both, 1837. A 4" x 5 1/4" woodcut of the horse powered device and the horse. Designed after the Box Coffee Mill for the purpose of grinding Apples into Pumice. The narrative describes the device and operation in detail. Offered to the subscriber to build or sell mills to individual, town or county rights. Nathan Booth. Cheshire, New Haven Co. Ct., July 25, 1837. Geometric decorative devices border the page. Reverse is blank. The National World War I Museum and Memorial. Age toning and margin wear. Affixed at top to mount board.