Author: DUTCH RAILWAY COMPANY COMMEMMORATION:
Title: Maatschappij tot exploitatie van Staatsspoorwegen: Terugblik op vijftig jaren Spoorweggebeuren in Nederland 1863-1913. [Herdruk; Facsim. reprint edition].
Description: Groningen, Noorderboek, 1986. Oblong 8°. (260x210mm.). Original cloth. Covertitle in bold gilded type, gilded Royal Dutch Coat-of-Arms at tail, the whole printed within a gilded thin line-border with gilded ornamentativon at each corner, gilded title on spine. ]128]pp. incl. preface, 2 captioned monochrome portraits on a plate (board of directors' secretary and president commissioner's council), 4 captioned sketch-maps of Holland on a plate featuring expanding railwaytracks, comparative exploitation tables and statistics and architectural diagramsof planned Railway stations on [15]pp., [52] unnumbered leaves with numerous captioned monochrome illustrations featuring locomotives, carriages, railway tracks, bridges, in-and exteriors of Stations, offices, maintenance- and constructions sites. Dutch language facsim. reprint after the original 1913 edition commemmorating the Golden Jubilee of Dutch State Reilway Company, 1863-1913. Very fine copy in an attractive gilded binding.

Keywords: history commemmoration exploitation railways dutch jubilee golden commemmoration celebration transport passengers railtracks culture heritage bridges locomotives carriages spoorwegen holland