GUYOT, JULES.

De la Télégraphie de Jour et de Nuit.

Paris, Chez tous les Marchands de Nouveautés, 1840. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt and giltlettering. Stamps on titlepage. XV,214,(1) pp. and 3 large folded lithographed plates. The first and last few leaves a bit brownspotted, mainly marginal.

First edition. The author describes telegraphy by day with semaphore telegraphy and by night with lamps. His own inventions are depicted on the 3 large folded plates. - Wheeler Gift: 978.

Order-nr.: 39956