[Rarebooks] FS: Lovely Copy of THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH, 1866, with 25 color-tinted lithographs

[Charles Agvent]

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; [4], v, (i), 117, (i), [4: 
ads] pages. 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 25 color-tinted lithographs, all with tissue guards. 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." 
Bound in at the front of this copy is a four-page 7-3/4" x 10-3/4" color 
lithographed invitation/catalog of "A Private View of a Series of 
Pictures by Mr. Robert Dudley, of London, Representing the Principal 
Incidents Connected with the Atlantic Telegraph Expeditions at Gramercy 
Park in New York" with the heading "Mr. Cyrus W. Field Requests the 
Pleasure of" followed by blank lines and the title. It lists 6 oil 
paintings and 40 drawings with descriptions. A wonderful, clean, Fine 
copy of this handsome gift book, usually found with the fragile gutta 
percha binding deteriorated. Other than slight wear to the binding 
extremities, it's hard to imagine a better copy of this book surviving. 
(#020727)        $2,500

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