29 vols of diaries, 20 vols of pocket notebooks and 13 vols of bank pass books. They reveal a great deal of Brunels journeys, meetings, observations, income and expenditure during his busiest and most creative years. Also bought at this sale were a Brunel sketch book, Henry Marc Brunels journal of his tour to Egypt 1858 - 59 and 14 autograph letters from Robert Stephenson to Brunel
Item Provenance
Christies November 1996