[Rarebooks] FS: Gauthey's illustrated work on the construction of bridges, the "best" edition

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(ENGINEERING) Gauthey, Emiland Marie. TRAITE DE LA CONSTRUCTION DES PONTS, 
Publie par M. Navier, Ingenieur en Chef des Ponts et Chaussees... Troisieme 
Edtiion, Corrigee et Augmentee. Mons: Leroux Freres. 1843. Lg. 4to. 3 vols. 
336;336;344pp. Illustrated with 38 engraved plates (most folding), and 4 engraved 
maps (3 folding), complete. Cont. black calf, gilt, over pebbled boards (a bit 
rubbed, bottom edges chipped).     $1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Gauthey (1732-1807?) was the French Inspector General of bridges and canals. 
Originally printed in 1809; a second edition appeared in 1832, and a final 
revised third edition in 1843, which was reprinted in 1845. See Bibliotheca 
Mechanica, p. 133.

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