SEGUIN. On the Influence of Railroads and the Art of Plannin - Lot 279

SEGUIN. On the Influence of Railroads and the Art of Planning and Building Them. Paris, Carillan-Goeury and Vr Dalmont; London, John Weale, 1839. In-8, paperback, partially untrimmed. First edition, illustrated with 6 fold-out plates. The author, nephew of the illustrious Montgolfier, invented the tubular boiler system that Stephenson incorporated into his famous locomotive, La Fusée. (Gumuchian, Historical Catalog of Rare Books on French Railroads, no. 25.) A small tear in the lower corner of the 6th plate and at a corner of the back cover. Slight foxing. Spine split.

Estimate:£250.39

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