Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England), Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue , MDCCCLI [1851]
- Title(s):
- 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
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsT690 D62 Copy 1[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsT690 D62 Copy 2[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11955
- 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.
BAC : Illustrations by Augustus Petermann, M. Jackson, Walter G. Mason, T. Heaviside, O. Jewitt, T. Bolton, Hare, Lee, R.H., H. Leighton, G.P. Nicholls, I.S.H., R. Langton, H.L., M.U. Sears, M. Gould, T. Williams, Gugiet, Cherrier, Porret, and Culice; after J. Tenniel, P.H. Delamotte, Robert Hunt, S. Heaviside, Jarvis, F.T. Dollman, G.F. Sargent, and T.W. Papworth.
BAC : Plates printed by Standidge & Co., Royston & Brown, and others.
BAC : "Printed by William Clowes and Sons."
BEIN 2019 2077: Vol. 1 only. Bookplate: George Vail. Presentation inscription: To Mrs. Geo. Vail from Geo. Vail 1857. Binder's ticket: Bound by Remnant & Edmonds. London. From the Meserve-Kunhardt Collection. Annotated slips removed to the Meserve-Kunhardt collection (GEN MSS 1430).
Vol. 1 has engraved added title page.
At head of title: Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851.
Paged continuously.
Edited by Robert Ellis, F.L.S. - Subject Terms:
- Exhibition catalogsExhibition catalogs.Exposition universelle et internationale (1851 : Londres, Angleterre)Great ExhibitionGreat Exhibition (1851 : London, England)Vail, George -- Bookplate.Vail, George -- Presentation inscription to Mrs. G. Vail.Vail, George, Mrs. -- Presentation inscription from G. Vail.
- Form/Genre:
- Gold blocked bindings -- Specimens -- Great Britain -- 1851.
Pictorial cloth bindings -- Specimens -- Great Britain -- 1851.
Binders' tickets -- Specimens -- Great Britain -- 1851.
Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Bindings (Provenance)
Binders' tickets. - Export:
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- v. 1. Index and introductory. Raw materials. Machinery
- v.2. Manufactures. Fine arts. Colonies
- v.3 Foreign states.
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