‎"MATERIALS FOR ORNAMENTATION, BRIDGES AND ROADS - SPECIMENS - ÉCHANTILLONS.‎
‎Caption titles: Programme ou résumé des Lecons d'un cours de Constructions (Matériaux de construction). Atlas Livraison 1 et 2).‎

‎Paris, Dunod, 1867. Folio-oblong. (38,5 x 56 cm.). Contemp. hcalf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering on upper board. Spine rubbed. Original printed wrappers. Containing 6 engraved or lithographed plates. No 1 shows a large collection of mining-tools for stone carving and polishing. No 2 shows different pits, quarries from where the stones are extracted. No 3 depits 12 specimens, handcoloured or in chromolithography, of different kinds of stones (Pierres dures), granites, porphyrs etc. No 4. 12 specimens, handcoloured or in chromolithography, of different kinds of marble (Marbres simples). No 5. 12 specimens, handcoloured or in chromolithography of marble with intrusions (Marbres brèches et brocatelles). No 6. 12 specimens, handcoloured or in chromolithography of composed marble (Mabres composés et lumachelles).‎

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‎This volume is the first two parts (Livraison 1 et 2) of Sganzin - Reibel's ""Programme ou Résumé des Lecons d'un Cours de Construction, avec des Applications tirées spécialement de l'Art de l'Ingenieur des Ponts et Chaussées. Cinquieme Édition, entirement refondue par Leon Lalanne."" The fifth edition seems to be the first containing these plates with materials added by Léon Lalanne.‎