ENGRAVINGS of PLANS, PROFILES AND MAPS, ILLUSTRATING THE STANDARD MODELS, FROM WHICH ARE BUILT THE IMPORTANT STRUCTURES OF THE NEW YORK STATE CANALS, ACCOMPANYING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR ON THE CANALS FOR 1859
by (State of New York)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Albany: Charles van Benthuysen, 1860. Cloth. Good. Albany: Charles van Benthuysen, 1860. Octavo, brown cloth decorated in blind with gilt titles. 15 folding maps and plans of canals, locks, bridges, culverts, etc. Most maps have some closed tears from rough handling, but all material is present. One map has tape repair. Sporadic foxing and some soil.
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- Bookseller
- Austin's Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5810
- Title
- ENGRAVINGS of PLANS, PROFILES AND MAPS, ILLUSTRATING THE STANDARD MODELS, FROM WHICH ARE BUILT THE IMPORTANT STRUCTURES OF THE NEW YORK STATE CANALS, ACCOMPANYING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR ON THE CANALS FOR 1859
- Author
- (State of New York)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles van Benthuysen
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- Americana, Canals, Engineering, Transporation.
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Austin's Antiquarian Books
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...