[BADESLADE (Thomas)]. The History of the Ancient and Present State of the Navigation of the Port of King's-Lyn, and of Cambridge... London: Printed by J. Roberts, for the Author, 1725. First Edition, folio, [12], 148pp., without the list of subscribers, text lightly browned, 3 engraved plans, 4 folding engraved maps of which 2 are hand-coloured. [Bound with:] ----. A Scheme for Draining the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford-Level; And for Improving the Navigation of Lyn-Regis..... London: Printed and Sold by J. Roberts; Charles Harwick; William Thurlbourn, 1729. First Edition, folio, 10, [2, advert leaf]pp., at foot of titlepage: "No more than 150 copies printed", some faint water-staining to text. [Bound with:] [BRIDGEMAN (Charles)] A Report of the Present State of the Great Level of the Fenns called Bedford-Level....1724

[London?: s.n., First Edition, folio, Caption title, [3], 2-14, 2-14, 15-17pp., hand-coloured engraved map, A1v has drop-head title: 'An answer, paragraph by paragraph, to *A report of the present state of the Great Level...'. The report and the answer appear on opposite pages with duplicate pagination, pp.15-17 contain 'Colonel Armstrong's Report, with proposals for draining the fens, and amending the harbour of Lynn, 1724'. Folio, 3 works bound in one, later half smooth calf, lightly rubbed, cloth boards, uncut. When issued separately, Badeslade's A Scheme for Draining the Great Level of the Fens, called Bedford-Level... 1729 calls for a plan, however, this is plan number 5 taken from his The Ancient and Present State... 1725 and wasn't duplicated by the publisher when both works were bound together. Skempton, 31 (Ancient and Present), 34 (Scheme), 138 & 805 (Report); Goldsmiths'-Kress, 6399 (Ancient and Present), 6695 (Scheme).