The telegraphe, or Machine for conveying intelligence with wonderful quickness, as used by the French [graphic].

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Title: The telegraphe, or Machine for conveying intelligence with wonderful quickness, as used by the French [graphic].
Alternative Title: Telegraph, or Machine for conveying intelligence with wonderful quickness, as used by the French
Contributor: Lubbock, W., active 1796- publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1796]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed and sold by the proprietor, W. Lubbock, bookseller and stationer, No. 23 Rathbone Place
Abstract: "Observatory with telegraph apparatus attached, above diagrams of the positions indicating letters of the alphabet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text engraved above image.
Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,11.83.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Engraved image with letterpress text beneath, including imprint statement and an "Explanation of the plate".
An English broadside illustrating and explaining Claude Chappe’s early telegraph system.
"(Entered at Stationers Hall)"--Bottom of sheet in square brackets, below imprint.
Window mounted into a sheet of thicker later paper.
Provenance: Maggs Bros.; February 2025.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 39.2 x 22 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English