NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY - LANCASTER TO SKIPTON

NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY - LANCASTER TO SKIPTON, c.1840s. Small octavo size bound in full burgundy sheepskin with yapp edges. Marbled endpapers; lined paper with columns. Beginning with an Index followed by legal agreements with landowners along the line, specifications of the line’s construction followed by sections and plans detailing the route. Appears to be contemporaneous with the construction of the line in the late 1840s and probably written by someone professionally involved with engineering this railway line (Illustrated) (Est. plus 20% premium)

PLEASE NOTE: THE PLANS ARE HAND COLOURED ON DISSECTED PRINTED MAPS