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Bowditch 1802 - First edition
From: Jackson McDonald
Date: 2018 Jul 15, 22:45 +0000
From: Jackson McDonald
Date: 2018 Jul 15, 22:45 +0000
A copy of the first edition of Bowditch (1802) recently sold at auction for $2200.
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/marshall-family-bowditch-new-american-practical-fe242b2966
This is a very rare book. I seem to remember reading somewhere, perhaps here on NavList, that even the Library of Congress did not have a Bowditch first edition.
JMcD
