CLARK, Edwin. The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges, London, for the Author, by Jon Weale, 1850, 3 vols., 8° and lge. 2°, 46 lithographed plates, several folding or double-page, including 6 tinted views by George Hawkins, engraved plates and wood-engraved illustrations in text vols. (L6-M5 of vol. II [text] cleanly torn at outer margin and slightly creased, plate 46 of Atlas with small piece torn from outer margin), modern cloth. (3)
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CLARK, Edwin. The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges, London, for the Author, by Jon Weale, 1850, 3 vols., 8° and lge. 2°, 46 lithographed plates, several folding or double-page, including 6 tinted views by George Hawkins, engraved plates and wood-engraved illustrations in text vols. (L6-M5 of vol. II [text] cleanly torn at outer margin and slightly creased, plate 46 of Atlas with small piece torn from outer margin), modern cloth. (3)
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Provenance: The Athenaeum (small embossed library stamp on title).