Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide (full edition) - Couverture rigide

Bradshaw, George

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1908402474 ISBN 13 : 9781908402479

Editeur : Old House Books, 2012

Synopsis

A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's fascinating guide to Europe's rail network.

Bradshaw's descriptive railway handbook of Europe was originally published in 1913 and was the inspiration behind Michael Portillo's BBC television series 'Great Continental Railway Journeys'.

It is divided into three sections: timetables for services covering the continent; short guides to the best places to see and to stay in each city; and a wealth of advertisements and ephemeral materials concerning hotels, restaurants and services that might be required by the early twentieth century rail traveller.

This beautifully illustrated facsimile edition offers a fascinating glimpse of Europe and of a transport network that was shortly devastated by the greatest war the world had ever seen.

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: 1908402474
• ISBN 13: 9781908402479
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 1560
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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