London, Simkin, Marshall, & Co., 1842.
Contemp. clothbacked marbled boards. Stamps on title-page. 39,(1) pp., 4 lithographed plates (3 folding and one very large).
First edition. Cooke and Wheatstone established the first electric telegraph in England (1837). This work is the application of their invention to the railway lines.
Order-nr.: 55306