Provis, William Alexander
An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Suspension Bridge constructed over the Menai Strait
£278
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
In North Wales. With a Brief Notice of Conway Bridge. From Designs by, and under the Direction of Thomas Telford. London: for the author by Ibotson and Palmer, 1838. Large folio (67.5 x 48.5cm), 20th-century red half morocco, [8] 105 pp., half-title, 18 engraved or aquatint plates including map, plans and views, several on two folding sheets, all edges untrimmed, ex Warrington municipal library with shelfmark gilt to foot of spine, library plate to front pastedown and ink-stamps to title-page and dedication leaf, light spotting and soiling to text, plates more heavily spotted, a few with short closed tears along edges of platemarks or to margins