PARTINGTON, CHARLES FREDERICK. An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Steam Engine. 8 folding or double-page engraved plates. xvi, 187, [1]; 90 pages. 8vo, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked with linen; mostly marginal foxing and fingersoiling on text, varying marginal browning and dampstains on plates, offsetting from frontispiece onto title. Signature of J. O. Fisher, Commander, U.S. Navy, on front flyleaf and title. first edition. London: J. Taylor, 1822