Bradshaw’s Handbook - Couverture rigide

Bradshaw, George

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1908402024 ISBN 13 : 9781908402028

Editeur : Old House Books, 2012

Synopsis

A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's Handbook of 1863, the book that inspired the BBC television series 'Great British Railway Journeys'.

When Michael Portillo began the series 'Great British Railway Journeys', a well-thumbed 150-year-old book shot back to fame. The original Bradshaw's guides had been well known to Victorian travellers and were produced when the British railway network was at its peak and as tourism by rail became essential. It was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and this beautifully illustrated facsimile edition offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a Britain long past.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

George Bradshaw (1801-1853) was an English cartographer, printer and publisher. He is most famous for developing a series of railway timetables and guides. The books became synonymous with its publisher so that, for Victorians and Edwardians alike, a railway timetable was 'a Bradshaw'. After his death Punch magazine said of Bradshaw's labours: 'seldom has the gigantic intellect of man been employed upon a work of greater utility.'

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Old House Books
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1908402024
• ISBN 13: 9781908402028
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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