Album of Designs of the Phoenixville Bridge-Works.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1873. Item #015162
The Philadelphia company's second trade catalog showing factory, construction methods, lists of wrought-iron bridges and viaducts built and now building, reprint of an article on the company from Lippincott's Magazine, 15 plates showing designs for girder bridges, deck and truss bridges, patterns for through and pivot bridges, highway bridges and piers. Scarce; OCLC lists one copy of this 1873 edition. "2nd illustrated Album of Designs". 28 cm; 25 pp.; illustrated from text cuts, and from 15 plates of designs hors texte. A sad but complete copy of this catalog with taped spine and hinges, worn and soiled covers, and one plate nearly loose. Fair copy only in (once) cloth-backed boards.
Price: $375.00