II. Thames Tunnel Ephemera
Sketches of the Works for the Tunnel under the Thames from Rotherhithe to Wapping, London: Harvey and Darton, and C. Tilt, printed by the Philanthropic Society, 1828, oblong 12°, 14 plates and maps, including 4 folding or double-page, one with overlay, and one tinted aquatint by Robert Cruikshank after M. Dixie (some plates dampstained), hand-coloured double-page letterpress table at end showing clay strata, contemporary marbled wrappers backed in grey paper, title label on upper cover (label torn with some loss, spine worn). With An Explanation of the Works of the Thames Tunnel (London, 1862, small 4°, sixteenth edition). (2)
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Sketches of the Works for the Tunnel under the Thames from Rotherhithe to Wapping, London: Harvey and Darton, and C. Tilt, printed by the Philanthropic Society, 1828, oblong 12°, 14 plates and maps, including 4 folding or double-page, one with overlay, and one tinted aquatint by Robert Cruikshank after M. Dixie (some plates dampstained), hand-coloured double-page letterpress table at end showing clay strata, contemporary marbled wrappers backed in grey paper, title label on upper cover (label torn with some loss, spine worn). With An Explanation of the Works of the Thames Tunnel (London, 1862, small 4°, sixteenth edition). (2)