- Royal Commission on Water Supply. Report of the Commissioners.

London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1869. First edition. Leather. The very scarce report by the Royal Commission on Water Supply for London, an insight into the sanitation and health of the Victorian Metropolis, complete with all plates. A very scarce work, the first edition.Illustrated with forty folding maps and plans, and eighteen plates of plans. Including the appendix.Collated, complete.An impressive report exploring the work done by the Royal Commission on Water Supply for London, a precursor for the Metropolitan Water Board, which was founded in 1903.Published decades into the reign of Victoria, this volume supplies the reader with a vivid insight into what the capital city was like during this period, a time portrayed by Dickens in his novels.The question of the sanitation of the Thames and London's water supply was of particular importance at this time, being only a decade after the Great Stink, a pungent event which led the city's government to rush to improve the sanitation and health of the city. Discussing the "practicality of obtaining large supplies of water from the mountainous districts of England and Wales", "sources of supply other than the mountainous districts of England and Wales", "present water supply of the Metropolis", "supply of water available from the basin of the Thames", "remarks on various points bearing generally on the subject of the Metropolitan water supply", "on the supply of provincial towns", and more. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, a little rubbed. Spine label is torn. Tear to the tail of the spine. Label to the head of the front board. Light bumping and loss to the extremities. A few minor marks to the boards and spine. Bookplate to the front paste down and recto of the front endpaper. Spots and tidemarks to the endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spots, a little heavier to the first and last few pages. Edge wear and small tears and chips to the maps. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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