Folio (281 x 174 mm). Folding lithographed elevation of the bridge, 35 pp. (Vermin damage to top edge of text block and covers with losses to some words near the end with a few leaves and map with repairs, slight dampstaining to outer tail-margin, a few occasional spots.) Original printed wrappers (rebacked with some tears and old cellotape repairs along near backstrip, overall toning, some soiling and vermin damage); morocco folding case. Provenance: Old inscriptions partially effaced.
FIRST EDITION of the report and plans that resulted in the construction of the Cincinnati-Covington bridge in 1866. At the time of its construction, the Cincinnati-Covington Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world, spanning the Ohio River and linking its namesake cities. Roebling, a civil engineer, also designed the Brooklyn Bridge, now a National Historic Landmark.