a drawing of a train going over a bridgean old book with a black cover sitting on top of a tablea book with an old title on it
La Salle des Enchères Saint-Quentin

Estimate €200 - €300
Description
Hermann Haupt. Military Bridges: with suggestions for new methods and structures for crossing streams and chasms, including also designs for trestle and truss bridges for military railways. New York, D. Van Nostrand, 1864, in-8, xix–310–10 pp., 69 plates, including 9 folded plates, in the publisher’s black percaline binding. A rare first edition of this important work on American bridges and railways in the 19th century. A good copy.
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About the sale BOOK SALE – M. P***’S LIBRARY
Auction location
Auction time 09/17/2026 at 2:00 PM
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