Views on the Manchester & Leeds Railway, drawn from nature and on stone by A. F. Tait; with a descriptive history by Edwin Butterworth, published for the author by Bradshaw and Blacklock, London & Manchester, 1845, additional lithographic decorative title page, dedication and nineteen (complete) lithographic plates, some spotting throughout, three plates detached, contemporary morocco with gilt decorated spine and decorative upper board, slim folio Abbey Life. 411. The line was authorized in 1836 and opened in stages, from Manchester to Normanton, between July 1839 and March 1841. George Stephenson was the engineer, but Thomas Gooch brother of Daniel Gooch, as joint principal engineer, actually planned and was in day to day charge of the work. Following later extensions and several absorbtions the Manchester & Leeds became the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in 1847. Tait's views lack the crispness and detail of Bourne's London & Birmingham and Great Western railway volumes but Tait's images are much more realistic in that they show the railway in its urban and rural settings and vividly record the difficult terrain through which the railway was constructed. The work is rarely found complete or in good condition due to the deterioration of the gutta percha binding. (1)
Views on the Manchester & Leeds Railway, drawn from nature and on stone by A. F. Tait; with a descriptive history by Edwin Butterworth, published for the author by Bradshaw and Blacklock, London & Manchester, 1845, additional lithographic decorative title page, dedication and nineteen (complete) lithographic plates, some spotting throughout, three plates detached, contemporary morocco with gilt decorated spine and decorative upper board, slim folio Abbey Life. 411. The line was authorized in 1836 and opened in stages, from Manchester to Normanton, between July 1839 and March 1841. George Stephenson was the engineer, but Thomas Gooch brother of Daniel Gooch, as joint principal engineer, actually planned and was in day to day charge of the work. Following later extensions and several absorbtions the Manchester & Leeds became the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway in 1847. Tait's views lack the crispness and detail of Bourne's London & Birmingham and Great Western railway volumes but Tait's images are much more realistic in that they show the railway in its urban and rural settings and vividly record the difficult terrain through which the railway was constructed. The work is rarely found complete or in good condition due to the deterioration of the gutta percha binding. (1)
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