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    A Perspective view of the Thames and the Thames Tunnel ; History of the Thames Tunnel.
     
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    Title: 
    A Perspective view of the Thames and the Thames Tunnel ; History of the Thames Tunnel.
    Publisher: 
    [London] : Published by Azulay, Thames Tunnel, [1844?]
    Description: 
    [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
    Notes: 
    Souvenir peepshow booklet; view of the tunnel with tourists and of the Thames above it from the Wapping entrance side.
    Titles from printed labels on front cover.
    Text page mounted on p. [2] of cover has caption title: A Full account of the Thames Tunnel.
    Plate cover has caption label title: View of the River Thames over the tunnel.
    In case with spine label title: Thames Tunnel -- Peepshow.
    Publisher from foot of text page; latest date in text 1844.
    Plate cover of blue cardboard with mounted steel engraving of royal visit to the tunnel has three peepholes, one to view the river at the top and two below for the tunnel.
    Three cut out panels and a backdrop plate are connected to the plate cover on either side by a band of accordion pleated paper forming a telescopic peepshow; final plate is mounted on p. [3] of cover.
    Original (?) cover of marbled paper over cardboard and cloth spine strip.
    Local Note: 
    Crudely hand-colored plates; floor below arches cut straight across throuth some tourist figures; 14 tourists or groups of tourists of various sizes added from unknown sources cover some of the original figures printed on the plates.
    Fitted case 22 x 20 cm. has printed label inside fore-edge lip: Box by A.D.E.
    Subject: 
    Tunnels -- England -- London.
    Toy and movable books -- Specimens
    Thames Tunnel (London, England)
    Added Title: 
    History of the Thames Tunnel.
    Full account of the Thames Tunnel.
    View of the River Thames over the tunnel.
    Thames Tunnel peepshow.
    Catalog Source No.: 
    (OCoLC)ocm12826865
    Copy/Holding information
    Call No.CollectionBarcodeStatus 
    TA820 .L8P46 1844Special Collections (Dibner)39088000248658Checked InRequest Copy
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