A Treatise on Bridge Architecture; In Which the Superior Advantages of the Flying Pendent Lever Bridge Are Fully Proved. With an Historical Account and Description of Different Bridges Erected in Various Parts of the World, From an Early Period, Down to the Present Time

Thomas Pope

Published by Printed for the Author by Alexander Niven, New York, 1811

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First Edition. 5.5 x 9in. [3] 288 [2]pp. + 18 copper engraved plates. Re-backed cloth over paper-covered boards of the period. FAIR. The boards show loss from along the edges and are well rubbed; scattered light foxing throughout, but heavier on the plates; rough-cut edges with some marginal loss from some margins; a plate with a large chip from the margin, but unobtrusive of image; some large chips of the back blanks; several amateur unfinished architectural sketches on the front blanks in a hand of the period. Otherwise the binding is strong and tight and the text and plates remain unmarked and complete. As pictured. Seller Inventory # 29289

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Treatise on Bridge Architecture; In Which ...

Publisher: Printed for the Author by Alexander Niven, New York

Publication Date: 1811

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition