[Trains] Collection of 57 19th-century technical plates of locomotives

(1) Le praticien industriel; recueil de nouveaux modèles élémentaires de dessin au lavis à couleurs appliqueés a la mécanique et a la construction. Paris, Monrocq. Freres, 1850-1880. 8 col. lithographic plates. Various sizes, ± 37 x 32 cm, max. 98 x 66 cm. Frayed along edges, large plate mounted on linen strips in 4 parts, worn. (2) Mécanique. Dessin Lavé. Paris, Francois Delarue, second half 19th cent. 8 col. lith. plates by A. Cheneveau. Various sizes, ± 34 x 28 cm. (3) Portefeuille de John Cockerill ou Description de machines d'epuisement, d'extraction, de fabriques, d'outillage, machines de bateaux a vapeur, locomotives et materiel de chemins de fer, roues hydrauliques, etc., etc. Paris/Liége, E. Noblet, ca. 1860. 9 fine steel engravings of locomotives. Various sizes, ± 48 x 28 cm, one large folding plate, 57.5 x 42 cm. (4) Locomotive Engineering and the Mechanism of Railways. London & Glasgow, William Collins, 1877. 18 lithogr. plates mounted on linen, 55.5 x 38 cm. Marginal foxing. Added: 13 more technical plates on locomotive machines.

Collection of all loose plates from several early publications on locomotives and their technical drawings and mechanics, mostly coloured. (total 38)