The Register of the Arts, or a Compendious View of some of the most Useful Modern Discoveries and Inventions
Philadelphia, PA: C. and A. Conrad, 1808. First edition. 8vo: xii, 404 p. *4, A2, B-3D4 + 2 plates. Full brown calf, black leather label; rubbed, endpapers torn and stained, occasional spotting and browning. Plates foxed. Bookplate of Wells' Social Library dated 1812. Binding sound. Good condition. Item #022754
While full of fascinating short accounts of various methods of accomplishing a wide range of things, the historically significant part is the appendix: "Correct List of All the Patents that have been taken out of the Office of the Secretary of State, From July, 1790, to January 1805, specifying the subject of the patents, with their dates, and the names of the patentees." Sabin 242215.
Price: $195.00