Men of the Day. Mr. Thomas Alva Edison, the American Electrician and Inventor.
From a photograph by V.Daireaux, Paris.
[c.1880].
Wood engraving, printed area 440 x 330mm. Horizontal centrefold.
Head & shoulders portrait. In 1880 Edison was granted a patent for the electric incandescent lamp. Edison Illuminating Company was established by Thomas Edison on December 17, 1880, to construct electrical generating stations, initially in New York City.
[Ref: 1485] £110.00
[c.1880].
Wood engraving, printed area 440 x 330mm. Horizontal centrefold.
Head & shoulders portrait. In 1880 Edison was granted a patent for the electric incandescent lamp. Edison Illuminating Company was established by Thomas Edison on December 17, 1880, to construct electrical generating stations, initially in New York City.
[Ref: 1485] £110.00