Schramm, Carl Christian Most remarkable bridges 1735

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richly illustrated with engravings, historical scene, in which the strangest bridges from all four parts of the world, but especially the Dreßdner Elb Bridge, which has been put into the most perfect state, in clean prospects, coins and other copper engravings, are presented and described: by useful notes and special documents explained, also provided with the necessary registers, preceding double-sided title copper (engraving by Boetius after Richter), title vignette, numerous, partly folded plates in the text, Leipzig: by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, 1735, parchment binding, signs of age and use (including Binding stained, dam., according to the consignor only 2 engravings are missing, slightly finger-stained, extraordinary, rare edition for the bibliophile collector), unique, richly illustrated edition on bridge building in the late Baroque, it not only contains a detailed history of the Dresden Elbe bridge, therefore a wide h historically well-founded overview of the bridge constructions of all continents, with magnificent engraved views of the bridges to Dresden, Prague, Meissen, Torgau, Grimma, Plauen, Jena, Würzburg, Nuremberg, Frankfurt/M., Ingolstadt, Regensburg, Tübingen, Esslingen, Stockholm, Paris , Rome, Verona, Basel, London and others, other copperplates show locks, ferries as well as coins and seals