Luciano Lanino, ingénieur et professeur. - Corso di Costruzioni Stradali e Idrauliche. - 1898

1898 – Luciano Lanino – Corso di Costruzioni Stradali e Idrauliche – Important Italian treatise on civil, railway and hydraulic engineering – Numerous large-format fold-out technical plates.
Important Italian scientific and technical work from the 19th century, devoted to major civil engineering projects, railway infrastructure, hydraulic construction and engineering structures.
Luciano Lanino, engineer and professor.
Corso di Costruzioni Stradali e Idrauliche.
Subtitle: Lezioni dette alla Scuola di Applicazione per gli Ingegneri in Torino.
Published by Unione Tipografico-Editrice, Turin, 1898.
Language: Italian. Large quarto, 31 cm × 20 cm.
430 pages, accompanied by numerous technical plates outside the text, several of them fold-out.
Contemporary half-binding in brown cloth, boards covered in multicolored marbled paper in shades of blue, pink and brown.
A remarkable record of 19th-century engineering
Published in Turin in 1898, this important treatise brings together the lessons taught by Luciano Lanino at the prestigious Scuola di Applicazione per gli Ingegneri in Turin, a major institution for the training of Italian engineers.
The work is a valuable record of the scientific knowledge, calculation methods and construction techniques used in the late 19th century, a period marked by the expansion of railway networks and the development of major industrial infrastructure.
Rich technical and illustrative documentation
The work stands out for its extensive scientific illustrations, combining explanatory figures within the text with large technical plates outside the text.
The illustrations shown include, in particular, railway engineering, railway alignments, longitudinal profiles, earthworks, railway facilities and freight buildings.
Bridges and viaducts, elevations, cross-sections, foundations and construction details, including the spectacular Castagno Viaduct near Piteccio, on the Bologna–Pistoia line.
Hydraulic works, pumping mechanisms, water-drainage equipment and technical drainage systems.
Maritime construction, a study of the new western breakwater in the port of Genoa, with a detailed depiction of its structure and materials.
Industrial architecture, general plans, elevations and cross-sections of railway workshop buildings in Turin.
Underground works, tunnel sections, support systems and tunnel construction methods.
Plates of great graphic quality
The large fold-out plates are one of the main attractions of this copy.
Executed with remarkable precision, they feature engineering drawings at various scales, accompanied by dimensions, legends, sections and architectural details.
Some include color highlights to distinguish terrain profiles, levels and the characteristics of railway alignments.
These documents are of particular interest to collectors of antique technical books, historians of industrial architecture, engineers and enthusiasts of railway heritage.
Copy preserved in its contemporary half-cloth and marbled-paper binding.
The binding shows rubbing and signs of use, particularly at the corners and along the edges of the boards.
The interior is generally well preserved for its age, with some foxing, browning and signs of age.
Old handwritten inscriptions are present on a preliminary page.
The plates shown are clearly legible and retain the fine detail of their technical drawings.
A historically important reference work, published in 1898, particularly notable for its large format, rich illustrations and spectacular fold-out plates devoted to major achievements in Italian civil engineering in the late 19th century.

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