Three copies of Drake's "Road Book of the London & Birmingham Railway"

Three copies of Drake's "Road Book of the London & Birmingham Railway": (1) special 1st edition with inserted engraved plates showing views of the railway and viaducts at Birmingham, 1839; (2) 1st edition, 1839, with folding map & woodcuts in text, with timetables for London & Birmingham, Aylesbury, London & Midland and Great Western railway; (3) 2nd edition, 1840. Like 1st edition, but with timetable for 20 railways, "corrected to July 1840" in booklet form held inside front cover.

Details

Category:
Library Collections
Object Number:
1943-229
type:
books
credit:
Phillimore Collection