Adolphe TERRIS (1820-1899) - Lot 420

Adolphe TERRIS (1820-1899) Works at the Port of Marseille, 1876-1878 Core of the outer breakwater of the northern outer harbor - Foundation of the quay walls of the Bassin National and the moles Photographic album: Construction site equipment and installations Rare large portfolio comprising twenty-eight (28) albumen prints mounted on cardboard, all bearing the photographer's name, numbered and with captions printed on the mounts. This exceptional set documents the titanic construction work carried out by the firm L. Dupuy et P. Magnac aîné, in partnership with the Compagnie Générale des travaux publics et particuliers, with particular emphasis on the many machines and devices designed for the occasion (cranes, overhead travelling crane, lifting devices, translation carts, railroads, trains, masts, tugs...), providing a precious testimony to the advances in engineering at the end of the Second Empire. Copy complete with index plate, in original printed cardboard folder. Plates: H. 48.5 cm - W. 64 cm Proofs H. 26 cm - W. 38.5 cm approx. DV Dust jacket slightly soiled, first proof with minor foxing, other proofs with minor defects (stains or soiling) and tears and foxing on the index plate.