Lot 55
Humber (William) A Practical Treatise on Cast and Wrought Iron Bridges and Girders, as applied to Railway Structures, first edition, 1857 & others (7)
Hammer Price: £600
Description
Humber (William) A Practical Treatise on Cast and Wrought Iron Bridges and Girders, as applied to Railway Structures, first edition, half-title, lithographed tinted frontispiece, 58 lithographed plates, many double-page, ink signature to head of title, some foxing, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine and corners worn, 1857 § Fairbairn (William) An Account of the Construction of the Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges, first edition, presentation copy inscribed "To John Fred. Bateman with the author's affecte. regards" on front free endpaper and his bookplate, folding frontispiece, plates, most folding, some a little frayed or chipped at edges, original roan-backed cloth, spine ends worn and chipped, 1849; and 5 others, 4to & 8vo (7)
⁂ The fine lithograph frontispiece of the first shows the Crumlin Viaduct in all its magnificence, one of the engineering marvels of the age, and in 1857 just commissioned. The work examines several projects in detail including designs by Joseph Cubitt (Great Northern Railway), Gardner (Reading, Guildford & Reigate Railway), Ashcroft (SER), Liddell & Gordon (Crumlin Viaduct) and Page (Chelsea Bridge).
John Frederick Bateman (1810-79), civil engineer and son-in-law of Sir William Fairbairn.
Description
Humber (William) A Practical Treatise on Cast and Wrought Iron Bridges and Girders, as applied to Railway Structures, first edition, half-title, lithographed tinted frontispiece, 58 lithographed plates, many double-page, ink signature to head of title, some foxing, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine and corners worn, 1857 § Fairbairn (William) An Account of the Construction of the Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges, first edition, presentation copy inscribed "To John Fred. Bateman with the author's affecte. regards" on front free endpaper and his bookplate, folding frontispiece, plates, most folding, some a little frayed or chipped at edges, original roan-backed cloth, spine ends worn and chipped, 1849; and 5 others, 4to & 8vo (7)
⁂ The fine lithograph frontispiece of the first shows the Crumlin Viaduct in all its magnificence, one of the engineering marvels of the age, and in 1857 just commissioned. The work examines several projects in detail including designs by Joseph Cubitt (Great Northern Railway), Gardner (Reading, Guildford & Reigate Railway), Ashcroft (SER), Liddell & Gordon (Crumlin Viaduct) and Page (Chelsea Bridge).
John Frederick Bateman (1810-79), civil engineer and son-in-law of Sir William Fairbairn.
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