Bidspirit auction | MONTEVERDE (Eduardo Emilio). TUNNEIS: Sua

MONTEVERDE (Eduardo Emilio). TUNNEIS: Sua Utilidade e Construcção / por [...]. Lisboa. 1893. - MONTEVERDE (Eduardo Emilio) TUNNEIS: Sua Utilidade e Construcção / por [...] . Lisboa: Imprensa de Lucas Evangelista Torres, 1893. 304 pp., 4 est.: il.; 205 mm. First edition of this technical monograph dedicated to the design and construction of tunnels, published in Lisbon in 1893, during a period of intense expansion of the Portuguese railway network in which tunnel construction constituted one of the most demanding engineering challenges. The work addresses both the economic and strategic utility of tunnels as well as the methods and techniques of their execution, accompanied by four extra-text technical plates. Very rare. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate