Description: Three volumes, large 4to, in half calf and buckram: vols 20 (1857); 21 (1858); 28 (1865). Vol 28 lacks volume title page. With numerous folding plans, building frontages etc, other illustrations in text. Some wear to spine leather of vol 20, cracking to leather hinges of vol 28, contents-vg internally. Price is per volume. read more
Description: 420pp., 459. Half lea (bkstrp reworked, lettering quite legible). E.p. w/dampstains, but not to text. Corners worn. Several full p. illus. of landscapes, gardens, etc. Some subjects include: harbour improvements, stables, anthracite coal, steam-engine boilers, bridges, balloons, concrete, bricks, canals, churches, electric telegraph, glass, fires, iron boats, steam navigation, and much more. VOLUME I-COMPLETE read more
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