Lot 244

Clark, Edwin








Auction: 13 January 2010 at 11:00 GMT
£1,750
Description
The Britannia and Conway tubular bridges. London: for the Author, 1850. First edition, 3 volumes including plate folio, 2 volumes large 8vo, [errata slip, xii, 466; viii, 467-822, iv list of subscribers], text with 18 engraved or lithographed plates, plate volume with 46 engraved or lithographed plates and plans [including plates 12 bis and 19 bis, and plate 40 & 41 combined on one sheet], several double-page, plates and text original quarter maroon morocco, spines gilt, plate volume with gutta percha perished and plates now loose, one plate with margin slightly frayed, head and foot of spine worn, plates clean







