publishers. Sketches of the Works for the Tunnel under the Thames from Rotherhithe to Wapping , 2 plans (one folding, one double-page), 12 engraved or lithographed plates (one aquatint, by Robert Cruikshank, with small closed tear) including one with overlay and one folding panorama of tunnel under the river, some minor foxing and dust-, contemporary ink name on title, contemporary marbled wrappers, rubbed, small repairs, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, Harvey & Darton, and C.Tilt, 1829; and another, early 19th century Children's, oblong 12mo & 12 (2) The construction of the tunnel excited enormous public interest which the promoter, the Thames Tunnel Company, sought to capitalise on with a series of booklets which were updated from time to time. This example refers to the May 1827 and January 1828 floodings and the bricking up of the length so far dug whilst further funding was negotiated.