Answer to Mr. Fords book.

32 p., [1] leaf of plates : map (folded)Another edition lacks the author's name on the title page."A proposition for the serving and supplying of London, Westminster, and other places adjoyning; .." has caption title on p. 15.A plan to improve navigation on the river Lea, from Stanstead, Essex, to London. Sir Edward Ford's "A designe for bringing a navigable river from Rickmansworth ..", published in 1641, concerned canal building adjacent to the river Colne (cf. Wing (2nd ed.) F1519).Cropped at foot affecting imprint; leaf tipped in between title page and first page of text.Reproduction of the original in the British Library