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POPE, THOMAS. A Treatise on Bridge Architecture; in which the Superior Advantages of the Flying Pedent Lever Bridge are Fully Proved. With an Historical Account and Description of Different Bridges Erected in Various Parts of the World, from an Early Period, Down to the Present Time. New York: Printed for the Author, by Alexander Niven, 1811. 1st ed. 8vo. [15], 9-288 pp. Fifteen engraved plates & two vignettes. Recent cloth & label. Light to moderate waterstaining. $1,250.00

Hitchcock 946. Rink 2658. S & S 23721. The first analytical and systematic work on bridge construction to be published in America. The basis, within limitations, of the later cantilever bridge. Very scarce.

 

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