De l'influence des chemins de fer et de l'art de les tracer et de les construire

New edition, being a reprint of the original edition published in 1839.

A few minor spots of foxing, mainly affecting the edges; pencil annotations by a previous owner to the title page.

Bound in green Russian half morocco, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, pebble-grained endpapers and pastedowns, doublure covers preserved, sprinkled top edge.

Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Marc Seguin the Elder, complete with the folding plan and six folding plates at the end of the volume.