10' panoramic view Austria Semmerings Railway route 1855 Vienna rare tourist

1855, Wien [Vienna, Austria], Berlag von Tendler & Comp.

First Edition (prior to addition of French text in upper blank margins).

Tinted lithography [by b.J. Hofelitch's Wwe], publisher four joined sections, folding accordion [leporello / concertina] style into original cloth binding, titled in gilt on front cover, cloth boards outline ruled in blind, publishers advertisements for maps on coated colored paper.

Monumental 19th century European panoramic prospect view, nearly 10 feet long! Semmering Railway remains a scenic and historically significant ground-breaking railroad route in Europe [Austria].

Complete, clean, fresh and exceptionally well preserved example. With note-worthy bookplate of Peter Bicknell.

View is inherently fragile due to the enormous 10' long oblong paper construction.

Very early tourist souvenir related to this site, among the earliest surviving lithographed views of the route.

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Book measures: 6 1/2" H X 4 1/2" W.

[V1048].

The Austrian Semmerings mountain village route represented a European railroad engineering feat previously unequaled anywhere else in the world under such challenging conditions. (see wiki Semmering Railway).

This fragile item is among the very first pocket souvenirs issued almost immediately after the railway line was finished and opened in 1854. It quickly became a significant site for scenic tourists, all originating on rail from Vienna. Indeed, it is clearly a local publishing response to a then new market demand by tourists seeking visual souvenirs of the spectacular scenic views along the route.