Lighthouse Illumination: Being a Description of the Holophotal System, and of Azimuthal-Condensing, and Apparent Lights, With Other Improvements
London: John Weale, 1859. Second Issue. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. viii, 122. Frontis. black & white drawing. Illustrated with black & white drawings and diagrams. Appendix. Bookplate on front pastedown. Rebacked over original board, original cream title label on front board, facsimile label on spine. Light edge wear, bumped corners. Very Good. Item #11339 A scarce work, with the last recorded sale of any edition being 1978.
Thomas Stevenson (1818 – 1887), lauded as the designer-builder of some-30 lighthouses, was also the father of Robert Louis Stevenson. Indeed, the forebears of RLS contributed to the construction of over 150 lighthouses. Rather than guide sailors, Robert Louis chose to roam the seas himself, notably landing at many points on the Pacific Rim.
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