Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway / by John C. Bourne ; with an historical and descriptive account by John Britton.

Accession number
PML 146707
Creator
Bourne, John C.
Published
London : Published by the proprietor J.C. Bourne 19, Lambs Conduit St. ..., 1839.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Illustrated lithographic t.p.
Illustrated with tinted lithographed title, 2 engraved maps on one sheet, and 34 tinted lithographed views on 29 sheets, the lithographs printed by Day & Haghe or C. Hullmandel.
"London : Printed by Moyes and Barclay, Castle Street, Leicester Square."--Colophon.
Abbey copy has colophon of printing firm Rogers & Barclay.
Description
26 p., [31] leaves of plates (including t.p.) : ill., maps ; 55 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Presentation inscription from Mrs. Robert Stephenson (wife of the engineer) on 2nd front flyleaf: To Mariano Montealegre As a momento of esteem and regard from his sincere friend Mrs. Robt Stephenson November 1839; stamp of Mariano Montealegre on t.p.
Provenance
Bookplate of Anthony Murray; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Dark brown morocco tooled in gilt, with former owner's initials "M.M." on front board.
Classification
Department