Publisher: Alfred Mame et Fils, Tours 1890, second edition. Size: 30/21 cm. 397 pages. Book is written in french and has many illustrations (some of them are full-page) and cards in the text. Book has a richly decorated carton linen binding inside. Text block has gilt edges. The boards are slightly rubbed, corners are little bumped and some of the pages inside have partially miniscule foxing. Nevertheless a decorative french book from the end of the 19th. century. Content: - Le Canal de Suez - Le Port d'Anvers - La Traversée des Alpes I. Le tunnel du mont Cenis II. Le tunnel du Saint-Gothard III. L'Arlberg - Les Aqueducs de Paris - Le Cable Transatlantique - De L'Atlantique au Pacifique I. Le Grand-Central Pacifique II. Le chemin de fer canadieu du Pacifique - Les Ponts Métallique I. Le pont du Rhin II. Le pont de Brooklyn - Le Cuirassé L'Inflexible - La Passe de Hell-Gate - Le Desséchement du Lac Fucin