Item 11.31 - 'Lavori stradali da eseguirsi nel Regno di Sardegna' [Road works to be carried out in the Kingdom of Sardinia]

1 vol., c. 352 x 231 x 8 mm. 2 free endpapers at front and back, ff. 1-39; 1 single sheet pasted to f. 39r.

Note regarding provenance on leaf facing inside front cover: 'This manuscript was presented to Captain Smyth, R. N. by the Engineers, who were engaged in the works which it describes in 1923. At that time Captain Smyth was employed by the British Government in making a survey of the ports and Coast of the Mediterranean, and he furnished the above named officers with much information concerning the coast of Sardinia. This work was presented to hm by the Engineers by the Order of the Viceroy of Sardinia... Captain Smyth presented the manuscript to me in September 1828. J. Lee. Doctor's Commons.'

Two bookplates of William Henry Smyth are pasted to the inside front cover, and a bookplate with John Lee's coat of arms is pasted to the facing page.

Bequeathed to the Library by William Aldis Wright, 1924 (bookplates recording this pasted to inside front and back covers).

ff. 1-5: [General introduction to the works]
ff: 6-7: 'Capitoli generali da osservarsi per l'esecuzione dei lavori stradali'
ff. 8-11r: Account of costs of the work [broken down further, ff. 15-38]
ff. 11v-14: 'Metodo di costruzione'
ff. 15-38: 'Stato circostanziato dei prezzi' [detailed statement of costs]

Dated 'Torino li 27 Gennajo 1822' at end of work.
List of employees of the civil engineering corps of ports and roads in the Kingdom of Sardinia pasted to f. 39r.

• Italian

Several other bound MSS formerly owned by John Lee are held at Trinity: Add. MS a. 630, Add. MS b. 158-166, Add. MS c. 173-181. R. 1. 4-5 are two volumes containing printed booklets, also formerly owned by John Lee.