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The original magazine publication, 1890.

Title page of the first edition, 1891.

The BBC’s Great British Design Quest has reached a shortlist of ten:
1) Catseyes. Hmm, more of an invention to me but the brief here seems to be pretty broad.
2) Concorde. Can’t imagine this winning seeing as it’s generally regarded as a costly failure. In design terms though, it was a great-looking plane.
3) Grand Theft Auto. [...]