A Treatise on Rivers and Canals, relating to the control and improvement of Rivers and the design, construction and development of Canals (2 vol set)
Published by Published at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882, 1st edition. Two volume set (text and plates) in matching quarter leather bindings with marbled boards. Five raised bands to spines, gilt lettering to spines. Each 9ins x 6ins. Text volume: xii, 352pp plus errata slip. Also 20 figures (mostly small) within the text. The plans volume has viii pages of preliminaries followed by 21 linen backed folding plans.Many of these plans extend to 30ins or more when unfolded. The plans include maps for the Suez Canal. Panama Canal and Amsterdam Ship Canal. Also improvements to tidal rivers for rivers Clyde, Tyne and Tees. Please note that the 2nd edition of 1896 ony had 13 plans. A little rubbing to the marbled boards, but overall a VG set in a handsome bi
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Published at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882, 1st edition. Two volume set (text and plates) in matching quarter leather bindings with marbled boards. Five raised bands to spines, gilt lettering to spines. Each 9ins x 6ins. Text volume: xii, 352pp plus errata slip. Also 20 figures (mostly small) within the text. The plans volume has viii pages of preliminaries followed by 21 linen backed folding plans.Many of these plans extend to 30ins or more when unfolded. The plans include maps for the Suez Canal. Panama Canal and Amsterdam Ship Canal. Also improvements to tidal rivers for rivers Clyde, Tyne and Tees. Please note that the 2nd edition of 1896 ony had 13 plans. A little rubbing to the marbled boards, but overall a VG set in a handsome binding.
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- A Treatise on Rivers and Canals, relating to the control and improvement of Rivers and the design, construction and development of Canals (2 vol set)
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- Vernon-Harcourt, Leveson Francis
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- Published at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882, 1st edition. Two volume set (text and plates) in matching quarter leather bindings with marbled boards. Five raised bands to spines, gilt lettering to spines. Each 9ins x 6ins. Text volume: xii, 352pp plus errata slip. Also 20 figures (mostly small) within the text. The plans volume has viii pages of preliminaries followed by 21 linen backed folding plans.Many of these plans extend to 30ins or more when unfolded. The plans include maps for the Suez Canal. Panama Canal and Amsterdam Ship Canal. Also improvements to tidal rivers for rivers Clyde, Tyne and Tees. Please note that the 2nd edition of 1896 ony had 13 plans. A little rubbing to the marbled boards, but overall a VG set in a handsome bi
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