Exposition universelle à Melbourne en 1880 : France : notices sur les dessins, modèles et ouvrages relatifs aux Services des ponts et chaussées, des mines, des bâtiments civils et palais nationaux réunis par les soins du Ministère des travaux publics
This is a French government catalogue of 1880 from the Ministry of Public Works, issued by the Imprimerie Nationale in Paris, describing drawings and models of bridges, roads, mines and public buildings sent to the Melbourne International Exhibition. Its plates show engineering sections of dams, sluices, masonry piers and an arched bridge, drawn in clean black line with dense hatching for stone and earth, which suggests a designer could borrow the crisp schematic linework and cross-section layouts for technical diagrams.
