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BIOT, Manuel du constructeur de chemins de fer

Photo BIOT, Edouard. 

BIOT, Edouard. 

Manuel du constructeur de chemins de fer. 

Paris, Librairie encyclopédique Roret, 1834.

18mo (143x88 mm), (4)-x-(2)-287 pages, 2 folding plates and 90 pages Roret's catalog.  binding : Modern full paper, flat spine. Original wrappers have been bound in. 

Photo BIOT, Edouard. 

First edition.
One of the very first works in French on railways.
Édouard Constant Biot (1803 - 1850) was a French engineer and sinologist. He participated as an engineer in the construction of the second French railway line, between Lyon and Saint-Étienne.

Price : 250 €

Photo BIOT, Edouard. 
Photo BIOT, Edouard. 
Photo BIOT, Edouard. 
Photo BIOT, Edouard. 
Photo BIOT, Edouard. 
Photo BIOT, Edouard. 
Photo BIOT, Edouard. 
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