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Achille Maiuri & Alfredo Cottrau (1839-1898)

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Cast-iron architecture, Album Alfred Cottrau, Naples c. 1878 In-folio, original gilded leather binding, 72 small albumen prints mounted by 4 on 18 + 1 leaves, dedi­cation by Cottrau on frontispice The Italian Industrial Construction Company was directed by the engineer Alfredo Cottrau. The Studio fotografico Achille Maiuri was commissioned to document the construction in Unified Italy of cast-iron architecture, bridges and railway stations. Alfredo Cottrau was a talented and creative engineer, Gustave Eiffel adopted his ideas of instanta­neous military bridge "Ponti istantanei".

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