1839 1ed Trains Railroads & Railways Conductors Illustrated Lecount Locomotive

1839 1^ed Trains Railroads & Railways Conductors Illustrated Lecount Locomotive

 

“a plain practical account of every subject connected with the construction of railway, from the first organization of company to the opening and working of the line.”  

― Peter Lecount, A Practical treatise on railways, “preface”

 

Lieutenant Peter Lecount was a naval officer and a civil engineer with a heavy interest in railways. He was the author of, “The History of the Railway connecting London and Birmingham”, as well as the title featured here. This fine edition has several charming woodcuts as well as 10 beautiful foldout plates depicting train car construction and dimensions, features of a steam engine, and building of tracks!

 

Item number: #1512

Price: $399

 

LECOUNT, Peter

 

A practical treatise on railways, explaining their construction and management : with numerous woodcuts and ten plates : being the article “Railways” in the seventh edition of the Encyclopædia britannica, with additional details.

 

Edinburgh : Adam & Charles Black, North Bridge, booksellers to her majesty. 1839. First edition.

 

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages: 424p
  • 10 folding plates
• References: Goldsmith 31051
• Binding: Hardcover; secure
• Language: English
• Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)

 

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