![NOBEL OIL COMPANY -- Mekhanicheskii zavod Liudvig Nobel. 1862-1912. [The Engineering Works Ludvig Nobel. 1862-1912.] St. Petersburg: R. Golike and A. Vil'borg, 1912. 4° (312 x 230mm). 26 plates on thick paper, some printed in colours, 6 colour-printed double-page plans, and 2 tables, illustrations throughout. Original blue cloth over bevelled boards, upper side and spine stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers (extremities lightly rubbed).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_08952_0169_000(nobel_oil_company_--_mekhanicheskii_zavod_liudvig_nobel_1862-1912_the082620).jpg?w=1)
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NOBEL OIL COMPANY -- Mekhanicheskii zavod Liudvig Nobel. 1862-1912. [The Engineering Works Ludvig Nobel. 1862-1912.] St. Petersburg: R. Golike and A. Vil'borg, 1912. 4° (312 x 230mm). 26 plates on thick paper, some printed in colours, 6 colour-printed double-page plans, and 2 tables, illustrations throughout. Original blue cloth over bevelled boards, upper side and spine stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers (extremities lightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION. An excellent example of this rare publication marking the jubilee of the Nobel factory in St. Petersburg. The works formed an essential part of the Nobel success story; the steam engines, containers, pump machinery and accessories developed there enabled the faster extraction, and pipeline and tanker transport which made Branobel the largest oil company in Russia. Not in ABPC or AE; WorldCat records just three copies outside of Russia -- none in the UK.
FIRST EDITION. An excellent example of this rare publication marking the jubilee of the Nobel factory in St. Petersburg. The works formed an essential part of the Nobel success story; the steam engines, containers, pump machinery and accessories developed there enabled the faster extraction, and pipeline and tanker transport which made Branobel the largest oil company in Russia. Not in ABPC or AE; WorldCat records just three copies outside of Russia -- none in the UK.