WIEBEKING, Carl Friedrich.

Praktische Anleitung zur Aufführung, Wiederherstellung und Erhaltung bequemer und das Commerz befördernder Landstrassen.

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Three finely handcolored folding engraved plates & 5 folding printed tables. viii, 183, [1] pp. 8vo, cont. mottled calf (corners a bit worn, minor rubbing to joints), gilt fillets round sides, flat spine gilt. Vienna: J.B. Degen, 1804. First edition of this rare book. Wiebeking (1762-1842), was a high government official charged with directing bridge and road construction in several states in Germany; he oversaw the construction of twenty-five major roads in Bavaria between 1805 and 1817. He was the author of a number of books on bridge- and road-building and other aspects of civil engineering. His writings were very influential. Wiebeking was renowned for his long-span laminated timber arch bridges and for his work as a hydraulic engineer. The construction of roads in Germany during the 18th century was severely retarded by political dissension and the division of the country into many states, each too limited financially to execute a good road-building plan. This book is, on the one hand, a plea for a unified effort within Germany to build roads and, on the other hand, a civil engineering text. The author gives information on how to build various kinds of road beds, techniques of constructing roads on hillsides, and bridge-building. The fine plates depict many of the engineering problems discussed in the text. Fine copy. ❧ Poggendorff, II, 1316–(not knowing this title).

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