An Explanation of the Works of the Tunnel under the Thames from Rotherhithe to Wapping
by THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
1839. THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY. An Explanation of the Works of the Tunnel under the Thames from Rotherhithe to Wapping. Printed title, illustrated title, 24 pp. text; 8 plates, of which 2 are folding and 1 with flap, and a folding map. 12mo, 105 x 130 mm., somewhat later calf, wrappers with paper label preserved, in a new cloth folding box. London: W. Warrington, 1839. A classic piece of eccentric Victorian book-making. Given its small size and the various flaps and folding plates, it is no wonder that few copies have survived. The book documents what was supposedly the first tunnel built under a navigable river and was constructed under the supervision by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his father Marc.
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- Title
- An Explanation of the Works of the Tunnel under the Thames from Rotherhithe to Wapping
- Author
- THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 1839
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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