[Rarebooks] FS: THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH [1866] with color-tinted lithographs

[Charles Agvent]

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RUSSELL, W[illiam] H[oward]. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. London:  Day
&  Son Limited [1866]. First Edition. Quarto (8-1/4" x 11-1/2")  bound
in  the original green cloth with elaborate gilt designs on the  front
cover  and  a  chromolithographed  paper onlay  representing  a  cross
section  of the Transatlantic cable pasted to the center. The  account
of  the  laying  of the first underwater cable  connecting  Europe  to
North  America (from Ireland to Newfoundland) in 1856--the genesis  of
modern  long-distance communication--wonderfully illustrated by Robert
Dudley  with  a  color-tinted lithographic title page and 24  (of  25)
color-tinted   lithographs,  all  with   tissue  guards.  The  missing
illustration  is View (Looking Aft) From the Port Paddle-Box of  Great
Eastern.  Many  of  the illustrations are of  maritime  interest  with
several  depicting  what was then the largest steamship in the  world,
the  Great  Eastern (formerly the Leviathan). Wheeler Gift 1622:  "the
illustrations  are  of  much  interest." A number of  the  plates  are
soiled  and worn along the very edges, several with tears and  missing
pieces,  but  all  in the margins with none of  the  images  adversely
affected.  The  book  has been neatly recased retaining  the  original
spine  and  except  for some mild soiling is quite  handsome.  Still a
Very Good copy of this handsome gift book.                    $1250.00

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