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Albert himself was notably passionate about new technology, and in 1842 persuaded Queen Victoria to make her first train journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe royal train became a familiar feature on British railways, sandwiched between two other trains to ensure that the line was clear of other traffic, which required precise time-keeping. Some sort of liaison between the railway companies and the Royal Household seems likely, and in any case not all members of the Royal Household would have travelled by royal train: by 1861 an up-to-date Bradshaw had become a staple of the best regulated Victorian households, starting right at the top.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJune 1861 Bradshaw from the household of Prince Albert. 8vo. pp. 256, lacks title-page (possibly never bound in?); b\/w folding map, with some restoration to folds, in pocket on front pastedown. Bound in full red morocco, with the personal coat of arms of Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, in gilt on the upper cover (these are the arms awarded to him in 1840: the royal coat of arms quartered with the arms of Saxony; above are the the six crests of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and beneath is Albert's personal motto, the German Treu und Fest). Minor wear to covers, all edges gilt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40465410359494,"sku":"9515","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/products\/9515.jpg?v=1628604544"},{"product_id":"eyes-plan-of-liverpool","title":"Eyes’ Plan of Liverpool","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Plan of the Town and Township of Liverpool, from an actual survey taken in the year 1785 by C. 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A note on the verso suggests that these additions were by by Edward Eyes, son of the map-maker, which seems highly probable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReferences\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopies are located in the British Library (OCLC 556355832), Leiden University Library (OCLC 71570956, incorrectly but understandably giving ‘Eves’ as publisher) and in Liverpool Record Office.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esee Ronald Stewart-Brown: ‘Maps and Plans of Liverpool and District by the Eyes Family’, 1911\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40465473437894,"sku":"8363","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/products\/8363.jpg?v=1628605653"},{"product_id":"colton-s-map-of-long-island","title":"Colton’s Map of Long Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLithographed in red and black on two sheets, each 38.5 x 80 cm; this map of Long Island is printed on thin india paper; one or two small splits and tears along the folds, folding into original brown cloth covers. Ink bookseller’s stamp, “supplied by Rand McNally \u0026amp; Co” on verso.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40465575215302,"sku":"7712","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/products\/7712.jpg?v=1628606216"},{"product_id":"bellin-s-essai-geographique-sur-les-isles-britanniques","title":"Bellin’s Essai Géographique sur les Isles Britanniques","description":"\u003cp\u003eJacques Nicolas Bellin the elder (1703-1772) was first chief hydrographic engineer of the \"Dépôt des cartes, plans et journaux du Ministère de la Marine,\" charged by the French king with mapping the coasts of France first and then the rest of the world. He was also a member of the Royal Society of London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work on\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e the British Isles\u003c\/span\u003e is divided into three parts: a geographical description of the three kingdoms; a description of the coasts, harbours, soundings etc; and an analysis of the maps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work attracted the early attention of antiquary Richard Gough (British Topography, 1780): “Bellin observes that the French maps of England are worth very little; he made use of Collins’s Great Britain’s Coasting Pilot [the routier is an almost verbatim translation of Collins’s text] Moll’s maps, Speed’s Theatre, Morden’s county maps, Kitchin and Jefferys’ small English Atlas, 1751, Bowen’s maps in the System of Geography, and Jefferys’ six-sheet map, which, he says, proves the want of exactness in all. [...] for want of sufficient materials, he considers it only as an essay, though the first of the kind. By the affectation peculiar to his countrymen, or the negligence of his printer, he has given directions scarce intelligible to us, though copied from English guides”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe need for a work of this nature - at the height of the Seven Years’ War and with the real possibility of a French invasion - will be readily apparent; however, the quality of engraving and printing is as superb as one might expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJacques Nicolas Bellin: Essai Géographique sur les Isles Britanniques. A Paris, de l’Imprimerie de Didot, 1757. 4to. pp. [vi], 471, [i] + finely engraved additional title within an elegant rococco border, title vignette, 5 maps (hand-coloured in outline) and 35 vignette views and plans of British towns and harbours, occasional trivial spotting but in general a crisp and clean example; contemporary speckled calf, rubbed and worn but sound, sometime rebacked preserving original spine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40465623482566,"sku":"6882","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/products\/6882.jpg?v=1628606494"},{"product_id":"paine-s-rights-of-man-first-french-edition","title":"Paine’s Rights of Man, First French Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first French edition, second state, of the first part of Paine’s Rights of Man, with a preface specially written by Paine for this translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition appeared only two months after the English original; a few copies contain the misprint ‘faux’ for ‘fous’ on p. 162, line 9, but the BNF’s own digitised copy is from this second state, and an error corrected during the print run does not always establish priority of issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication in London had been delayed owing to the printer’s fear of reprisals, and this French edition, with its new preface, proved enormously influential from the outset. A difficult book to find in totally unsophisticated condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDroits de l’homme; en réponse a l’attaque de M. Burke sur la Révolution Françoise. […] Traduit de l’Anglois, par F. S[oulès]. Avec des notes et une nouvelle préface de l’auteur. Paris: F. 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It is unsigned (on the back of the map is written 'Etchu Map').\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of the text concerns distances, a form of mileage table. There is a note, top right, which appears to indicate that the information in red is less certain than the information in black. 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