Lombard-Venetian Railway
Book Description
Inventaire photographique et statistique du matérial roulant sur le réseau Vénetien et du Tirol Meridionale
Photographer unidentified. Inventaire photographique et statistique du matérial roulant sur le réseau Vénetien et du Tirol Meridionale. 1863. 29 albumen prints, mounted to album boards. Most circa 8.5 x 14 cm. Each with printed captions above/below images on the mount, bound in half-canvas album with gilt-lettered title page.
Dealer Notes
Rare documentary album illustrating the rolling stock of the Venice-South Tyrol railway network in 1863, compiled shortly before the region transitioned from Austrian to Italian control. The photographs present a comprehensive visual survey of mid-19th-century rail technology, featuring locomotives, passenger coaches, and freight wagons manufactured by leading European firms including Köchlin, Stephenson, Schneider, Cail, Haswell, and others. Each image is accompanied by printed captions detailing technical specifications, making the album a valuable industrial inventory. Produced during a moment of intense political and technological change, it offers a significant historical record of early railway infrastructure in Northern Italy and the former Austrian Empire.
Author
Photographer unidentified
Date
1863
Price: £6500.00
Offered by Roland Belgrave Vintage Photography Ltd
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