Oct 11, 2001 - Sale 1908

Sale 1908 - Lot 282

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
DAIMLER, GOTTLIEB. A.D. 1885, 7th April. Nº 4315 . . . Improvements in Motor Engines Worked by Combustible Gases or Petroleum Vapour or Spray.<> Double-page plate. 8 pages * A.D. 1885, 31st October. Nº 13,163 . . . Improvements in Gas and Oil Motive Power Engines.<> Double-page plate. 5 pages. Together, 2 volumes. 4to, disbound; plates rehinged with cloth tape. (London, 1886)

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First printings of the British patents. These and the preceding item are key documents in the development of the first internal combustion engine.