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Torino [Turin], 1881. First Edition. Very good. 1) Il Texas e la colonizzazione italiana della sua costa [cover title: Il Texas: La ferrovia Nuova York-Texas-Messicano; la colonizzazione italiana della costa de Texas]. Torino: Tipografia Roux e Favale, 1881. 56 pages, 6-3/8 by 9-1/2 inches; with a large folding map of the coastline of Texas with the proposed rail route printed in red; 2) Il Texas: La sua nuova ferrovia e la colonizzazione italiana della costa. Torino: Tipografia Roux e Favale, 1881. 8 pages, plus self wrappers, 4-9/16 by 6-7/8 inches; 3) New-York-Texas and Mexican Railway: Impresa italiana J. Telfener... [small broadside, 6-1/2 by 9-1/2 inches]. Milano: Stab. Tip. F. Pagnoni, 1881. In 1880, the Italian Count Joseph Telfener with French and American investors formed the New York-Texas and Mexican Railway Company, a venture intending to complete the missing links needed to connect New York to Mexico City by rail. The project began along the Gulf Coast of Texas because of the… Read More