Brangwyn, Frank and Walter Shaw — A Book of Bridges

London, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1915. Hardcover. Brown illustrated cloth with gold spine lettering; 415 pp. with 36 color and 36 bw illustrations. Divided into five chapters: On the Study of Bridges and Roads, Man as the Mimic of Nature (primitive types of bridges), A Few Words on the Roman Genius, Old Bridges, European, Persian and Chinese, and On the Evolution of Unfortified Bridges. Includes an Appendix of Chinese Gabled Bridges, and Appendix of Steep Roman Bridges, and an index and glossary. Quite an interesting study of many of the world's better-known bridges, with lovely illustrations. From the former library of American landscape painter and illustrator, Alfred W. Strahan. Superb copy except for slightly loose front inner hinge .