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RAILWAY PEEPSHOW The First Rail-Road in Germany Between Nuremberg and Furth [title in French, German and English], [Nuremberg, G.N. Renner & Abel, 1835]
26 June 2019, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £280.50 inc. premium
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RAILWAY PEEPSHOW
The First Rail-Road in Germany Between Nuremberg and Furth [title in French, German and English], hand-coloured engraving in seven sections incorporating front cover (with three peep holes) and inside rear cover in the design, bound concertina-style, front cover strengthened at edges and on reverse with contemporary green glazed paper, some staining, 130 x 195mm., preserved in cloth solander box, [Nuremberg, G.N. Renner & Abel, 1835]
Footnotes
A fine view with hundreds of brilliantly coloured figures, and a view of the railway on the front cover. Nuremberg to Furth was the first German steam-operated railway line at a length of 6km.