Octavo. xv, errata page, 16-320 pages. Frontispiece folding map "Shewing the Routes of the Principal Canals & Railways, in the United States & Canada 1838". Illustrated with 14 plates, 4 folding, and in text wood cuts. Brown cloth hardcover with decorative blind stamped boards and gilt title stamped on spine. Restored. Original cloth spine re-backed onto newer brown cloth. Hinges repaired. Light edge wear to boards. Frontispiece map has a small v shaped tear bottom portion with no loss of map content. Very light scattered brown spots on the map. 1842 ink inscription by previous owner on the front paste down. Howes S 976; Sabin 91589. Seller Inventory # 31495

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Title: Sketch of the Civil Engineering of North ...

Publisher: John Weale, Architectural Library, London

Publication Date: 1838

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: First Edition.

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