Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 294

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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(RAILROADS.) American Mechanics' Magazine. Volume I, number 13. 8vo, disbound; moderate foxing. Philadelphia, 30 April 1825
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Featuring a very early illustration of a steam-powered railroad engine, years before any such engine actually made its appearance in America. The illustration accompanied the cover article, "Proposition for a General Iron Rail-Way, with Steam Engines, to Supercede the Necessity of Horses in All Public Vehicles." Mott, History of American Magazines, page 445; Rink, Technical Americana 92; Sabin 1141.