[Rarebooks] FS: Parnell's "Treatise on Roads" w/all 7 folding plates. London: 1833

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(ENGINEERING) Parnell, Henry. A TREATISE ON ROADS; Wherein the Principles on 
Which Roads Should Be Made Are Explained and Illustrated, by the Plans, 
Specifications, and Contracts Made Use of by Thomas Telford, Esq. on the Holyhead 
Road. London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman. 1833. 
First edition. xii,438pp. Plus (2)pp. publisher’s ads and a 16pp. publisher’s 
catalog dated Dec. 1833. Illustrated with 7 engraved folding plates at back, and 
a text diagram. Orig. patterned cloth, rebacked, orig. spine strips with 
paper label (small chips) laid down. Not all copies have the seven plates.     
$450.00 (trade discount allowed)

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