Please feel free to request a detailed description. Short description: [The Mechanical Plant Ludvig Nobel]. Mekhanicheskii zavod Liudvig Nobel. 1862-1912. – St. Petersburg: R. Golike and A. Vil’borg, 1912. Rare edition. 26 plates on thick paper, some printed in colors and some with tissue guards, 6 color-printed double-page plans, and 2 tables, illustrations throughout. Published to mark the jubilee of the Nobel factory in St. Petersburg which formed an essential part of the Nobel success story; the steam engines, containers, pump machinery and accessories developed there enabled the faster extraction, and pipeline and tanker transport which made Branobel the largest oil company in Russia. Has significant historical and collectible value. The mechanical factory was founded by one of the representatives of the Nobel dynasty in 1862. The Nobel Brothers Partnership specialized in the extraction and processing of oil and quickly became one of the leading enterprises both in Russia and abroad. The edition is dedicated to the fiftieth anniversary of the plant. The text is accompanied by colorful sketches with images of various machines produced at the plant, as well as photographs of the plant, oil wells and members of the Nobel family. Includes a description of all manufactured mechanisms and their detailed diagrams. All work on the publication, zincography and photolithography was done at one of the most famous printing houses in Russia – R. Golike and A. Vilborg in St. Petersburg, specializing in the publication of highly artistic and luxuriously illustrated publications. SKUMS000234