A Complete Treatise on Cast and Wrought Iron Bridge Construction Including Iron Foundations...Third Edition, carefully Revised and Considerably Enlarged.
London: Lockwood, 1870. Item #015383
To continue the subtitle: In Three Parts: Theoretical, Practical, and Descriptive. Illustrated by Numerous Examples, Drawn to a Large Scale. Humber's treatment of iron arch bridges, wrought-iron plate-girder bridges, triangular and trellis-girder bridges, wrought-iron lattice-girder bridges, wrought-iron bowstring bridges, and suspension bridges, with examples of each shown. Also with essays on theory, on practices of manufacturing, and on building tools and practices. Two volumes, Text and Plates. Third ed., originally published in 1861. Two vols., 35.6 cm; pp. xiv, 264; viii, colored frontis. & 98 plates. Ex-library copy. Small library stamp to some folding plates, else plates clean. A good set or better in solid contemporary quarter gilt-stamped leather with some minor wear to tips and call #s to backstrips.
Price: $525.00