Lot 556
J. Frhr. v. Gumppenberg-Pöttmes, Der Wasserbau an Gebirgsflüssen. Augsburg 1860.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
556
Category:
Nature sciences, technology and medicine
Artist:
Joseph Frhr. von Gumppenberg-Pöttmes
Gumppenberg-Pöttmes, Joseph Frhr. von: Der Wasserbau an Gebirgsflüssen oder Praktische Anleitung, die Gebirgsflüsse dort, wo sie in zerstreuten Rinnsalen das flache Land verwüsten, und endlich die sie aufnehmenden Hauptströme versanden, ihrer Natur entsprechend zu behandeln, mit erklärenden Hinweisen auf wirklich ausgeführte und projektirte Fluss-Correktionen. Augsburg: Matth. Rieger 1860. 29,7 x 22 cm. With 5 folded lithographic plates, maps and plans. VIII pp., 83 pp., 1 unnumbered page. Original printed paper cover.
(The cover is scuffed and bumped. There is a watermark on the top right-hand corner, and a faint one on the inside as well. The spine is brittle with minor loss of text.)
The first edition was published in 1859. The plates depict boats, tools, bulwarks and plans for the straightening of the Lech near Herbertshofen, Meitingen and Waltershofen. It also includes a hydrographic map of the confluence of the Wertach and the Lech, and a map of the area between Ulm and Neuburg an der Donau showing the course of the Lech from Mering to its confluence with the Danube, with three elevation profiles.
Library stamp on the endpaper and title page: ‘Bibliothek des eidg. Polytechnikum’ ‘ausgeschieden’. Old library label on the spine.
(The cover is scuffed and bumped. There is a watermark on the top right-hand corner, and a faint one on the inside as well. The spine is brittle with minor loss of text.)
The first edition was published in 1859. The plates depict boats, tools, bulwarks and plans for the straightening of the Lech near Herbertshofen, Meitingen and Waltershofen. It also includes a hydrographic map of the confluence of the Wertach and the Lech, and a map of the area between Ulm and Neuburg an der Donau showing the course of the Lech from Mering to its confluence with the Danube, with three elevation profiles.
Library stamp on the endpaper and title page: ‘Bibliothek des eidg. Polytechnikum’ ‘ausgeschieden’. Old library label on the spine.