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Relation des fêtes qui ont eu lieu à Gand à l'occasion de l?ouverture du chemin de fer, octobre 1837
Gand, Vanryckegem-Hovaere, 1837. 8vo, paperback, folding frontispiece, 55 pp.; good copy, binding fragile, cover slightly soiled.
A small book describing in detail the festivities organized for the inauguration of the first railway line in Ghent in 1837. Illustrated with a folding engraving as frontispiece, signed J. Coomans. On this occasion, Robert Stephenson, inventor of the modern steam locomotive, traveled to Ghent to drive the train during the opening ceremony carrying King Leopold I.
A small book describing in detail the festivities organized for the inauguration of the first railway line in Ghent in 1837. Illustrated with a folding engraving as frontispiece, signed J. Coomans. On this occasion, Robert Stephenson, inventor of the modern steam locomotive, traveled to Ghent to drive the train during the opening ceremony carrying King Leopold I.