Céard, Robert; Nicolas Céard – Edouard Hostein, J. Burdallet, Souvenirs des travaux du Simplon, Par R. Céard, Ancien procureur général a Genève […], fils de feu N. Céard, ingénieur des ponts et chaussées de France […], sous l’inspection duquel ont été éxécutés les travaux du Simplon, G Fick 1837

Title: Souvenirs des travaux du Simplon, Par R. Céard, Ancien procureur général a Genève […], fils de feu N. Céard, ingénieur des ponts et chaussées de France […], sous l’inspection duquel ont été éxécutés les travaux du Simplon
Author: Céard, Robert; Nicolas Céard – Edouard Hostein, J. Burdallet
Publisher: G Fick
Year published: 1837
Place of Publication: Geneva
Book Condition: Good & Sound
Size: Tall 4to
Binding: Cloth
Edition:

Notes: Rebound in plain grey cloth with black label to spine. 22 lithographed plates by Engelmann and 8 maps and plans (1 folding) by Frutgier, title and text within borders, half-title. Some foxing through out. Some offsetting on pages opposite plates. First edition, scarce. Appointed by the First Consul as chief engineer of the department of Léman, Nicolas Céard, engineer of the bridges and roads, conceived the magnificent work of the route of the Simplon, which he executed in spite of immense difficulties in the space of five years, of 1801 to 1806. In this large volume folio, his son Robert, in order to rehabilitate the role of his father, traces the main phases and difficulties of the creation of the Simplon road. This work is enriched with 30 lithographic plates including 1 folded card and 20 views, generally fig. by V. Adam, Ed. Hostein del. and lit., Lith. from Engelmann to Paris; 1 plate with plan and section of fountain, view at mid-page (Calame del., Dunant Lith.); 8 geographical plans of projects (Johann Burdallet del., Lith of Frutiger) .The views represent bridges (Saltine, Ganther, Alto, Barracks, Crevola), the Fountain of Florimont, galleries (Schalbet , Algaby, Gondo, Isella, Crevola), Pas de Gondo, glaciers (Kaltwasser, Saaserberg), the Bernese Alps, Gorges (Gondo), the last plate shows the Tomb of Mr Ns Céard in the cemetery of Héry. “