[Trains] Brees, S.C. Science Pratique des Chemins de Fer

Ouvrage contenant la description, dans ses moindres détails, des travaux publics exécutés en Angleterre par les plus célèbres ingénieurs. French transl. G. Somerset Irvine. Brussels, Société Belge de Librairie/ Hauman & Cie., 1841, 2nd ed., (2),131,(1) p., double-p. lithogr. views and 77 (counted as 65 and 12) fold./ double-p. plates after R. Stephenson/ S.C. Brees, cont. marbled boards, large 4to.

Pagination occas. erroneous, plates protruding from bookblock at fore-edge and a bit frayed and dust-soiled, a bit foxed throughout, binding a bit worn along extremities. Good copy of a rare, early work on trains and railways.