Ventilation and Warming of Buildings, upon the Principles as Designed and Patented by Isaac D. Smead

A tight, well-preserved copy of the scarce 1889 1st edition of this self-published examination of early ventilation and the heating of buildings. Solid and VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with dozens of elaborate steel-engravings, a number of them in rich color -- or chromolithography. Quarto, 153 pgs. of text, in addition to the original marbled endsheets and pastedowns, as well as the original tissue-guard separating the lovely engraved frontispiece (of Isaac Smead) from the title page. A deeply-impressive late 19th century engineering catalogue, highlighting the latest advances in heating and ventilation.