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Cocconcelli's Bridges over the Taro and Trebbia
Cocconcelli's Bridges over the Taro and Trebbia
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Author: Cocconcelli, Antonio
Title: Descrizione dei Progetti e Lavori per L'Innalzamento dei due Ponti sul Taro e Sulla Trebbia
Place Published: Parma
Publisher:Dalla Tipografia Ducale
Date Published: 1825
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[iv], 207, [1 errata]. Seven folding engraved plates at rear. (4to) 29.5x21 cm (11½x8¼") period full red morocco, decorative gilt borders, spine gilt, gilt-rolled board edges, blue silk endleaves, all edges gilt. First Edition.



Very rare treatise on Cocconcelli's designs for bridges over the Taro (finished in 1821) and the Trebbia (1825). Cocconcelli was professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Parma. OCLC/WorldCat locates three copies in North American institutional holdings and a further six copies in European collections. No copies appear in book auction records since 1933.

Condition
Spine faded, light wear to edges; light foxing to folding plates; near fine.
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Cocconcelli's Bridges over the Taro and Trebbia

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