Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue / by authority of the Royal commission.
Published / Created:
London : Spicer Brothers, Wholesale Stationers, MDCCCLI [1851]London : W. Clowes and Sons, Printer, [1851]
Physical Description:
3 volumes : folded frontispiece (map) illustrations, plates (some folded and color) plans, diagrams ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : British Art Center has 2 copies in variant trade bindings. Copy 1 has 76 p. of advertisements at the end of v. 1, illustrated by W. Joyce, J.W. Whimper, Adeney, and H. Dudley; after Shepherd. Copy 1 has a further 8 p. of advertisements at the end of v. 2. Copy 1 has a pres. insc. to George Bowen Caton, dated 1851.
Contents:
v. 1. Index and introductory. Raw materials. Machinery -- v.2. Manufactures. Fine arts. Colonies -- v.3 Foreign states.
Subject Terms:
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) | Exhibition catalogs. | Exposition universelle et internationale (1851 : Londres, Angleterre) | Great Exhibition | Exhibition catalogs | Vail, George -- Bookplate. | Vail, George -- Presentation inscription to Mrs. G. Vail. | Vail, George, Mrs. -- Presentation inscription from G. Vail.
Ellis, Robert, F.L.S., editor. | Edmonds & Remnants, binder. | Spicer Brothers, publisher. | William Clowes and Sons, printer. | Great Britain. Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851. | Meserve-Kunhardt Collection (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)