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77 - (Railways) – JACQMIN (F.). On the Operation of Railways.
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(Railways) – JACQMIN (F.). On the Operation of Railways. Lectures delivered in 1867 at the École impériale des Ponts et Chaussées. Paris, Garnier Frères, 1868. 2 volumes in-8, half-shagreen, spine with faux raised bands decorated with gilt fillets, mottled edges, scattered foxing, author’s dedication on the cover. [2 ff.], IV, 427 pp.; [52 ff.], 384 pp., 16 pp. catalogue. Jacqmin (1820–1899), a student first at the École Polytechnique and then at the École des Ponts et Chaussées, was Director of Operations at the Compagnie des chemins de fer de l’Est, and from 1864 a professor at the École des Ponts et Chaussées. - LEFÈVRE (P.), CERBELAUD (G.). Railways. Paris, Maisons Quantin, 1888. In-8, brown half-shagreen with 5 raised bands, scattered foxing. 320 pp., 6 plates, vignette in the text. - CARPENTIER (A.), MAURY (G.). A Practical Treatise on Railways. Paris, Larose, 1894. 3 volumes, 8vo, black half-shagreen with 4 raised bands, speckled edges, some foxing. [1 folio], lxiij, [2 folios], 627 pp.; [3 folios], 803 pp.], 543 pp. Included: - MARTIN (Félix). Railway Safety. Paris, Bourdarie, 1889. In-12, cherry-coloured half-calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, bookplate. XI, 161 pp., [2 ff.]
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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