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a picture of a drawing of a bridge and other things
Jeschke Jádi Auctions Berlin

Estimate €200 - €300
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Austria Baumgartner, Joseph The latest and finest roads across the Alps. Described following a journey through Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and Tyrol, the coastal regions and Lombardy, part of Piedmont and southern Switzerland. With 13 folded lithographic plates. Vienna, Ullrich, 1834. 2 leaves (title, half-title), VIII, 332 pp. 8°. Marbled. Contemporary paper binding with title on a paper label (buffed and scuffed). First edition of this work, which is of particular note in the history of road construction. – Joseph Baumgartner (1796–1884) was Director of Road Construction in Lower Austria. The plates depict bridges, tunnels, mountain roads and other features along the routes from Vienna to Trieste, Milan via the Simplon Pass and via the Stelvio Pass to Mals, Innsbruck and Salzburg. - The white margins are slightly foxed in places; a few leaves also show some finger stains and water marks, as do the plates, which occasionally have a faintly visible light-stained edge and are somewhat dusty. First edition of this early work on road construction in the Austrian Alps, lavishly illustrated with 13 folding lithographed plates. Bound in contemporary marbled boards with the title on a label on the spine (somewhat bumped and worn). – Joseph Baumgartner (1796–1884) was director of the Lower Austrian Road Construction Authority. The plates depict bridges, tunnels, mountain roads and other features along the routes from Vienna to Trieste, Milan via the Simplon Pass, and via the Stelvio Pass to Mals, Innsbruck and Salzburg. - Slightly foxed in places; a few sheets and some plates also show slight finger and water stains along the margins; the plates have fair shelf wear at the margins and are somewhat dusty.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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