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Lot 144

BOURNE (JOHN C.)
Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, with An Historical and Descriptive Account by John Britton. Inscribed to the Directors and Engineers of the Company, FIRST EDITION, J.C. Bourne, Ackermannn & C. Tilt, 1839

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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BOURNE (JOHN C.)

Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway, with An Historical and Descriptive Account by John Britton. Inscribed to the Directors and Engineers of the Company, FIRST EDITION, pictorial tinted lithographed title and 34 fine tinted lithographed views and architectural details on 29 sheets, 2 engraved maps on one sheet, some foxing, mostly marginal but slightly affecting title and a few plates, title near detached, contemporary half morocco gilt, spine and corners worn [Abbey Life 398; Haskell 1238; Ottley 6465; Skempton 102], folio (530 x 355mm.), J.C. Bourne, Ackermannn & C. Tilt, 1839

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