Author: ART JOURNAL / GREAT EXHIBITION (1851 : LONDON, ENGLAND)
Title: The Art Journal illustrated catalogue : The industry of all nations 1851
Description: London : published for the proprietors. by George Virtue [Bradbury & Evans printers]. [1851] 1851. First Edition. Finely bound in modern aniline calf-backed marbled boards. Titles blocked direct in gilt to spine. Raised bands. All edges marbled. Scattered foxing through prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Further scans. images etc. and additional bibliographical material available on request.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 328 pages; Physical description: xxvi. 328p. xvi. viii. viii. viii. xxii. illus. engravings ; fol. 32cm. Subjects: Great Exhibition (1851 : London. England) -- Decorative arts -- Exhibitions. Industrial arts -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions. Contents: History of the Great Exhibition. -- Art-Journal illustrated catalogue. -- The science of the exhibition / by Robert Hunt. -- The harmony of colours a exemplified in the exhibition / by Mrs. Merrifield. -- On the vegetable world as contributing to the Great Exhibition / by Edward Forbes. -- The machinery of the Exhibition as applied to textile manufactures / by Lewis D.B. Gordon. -- The Exhibition as a lesson in taste / by Ralph Nicholson Wornum. Notes: Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Printer named at foot of title page and in the preface. Title page engraved. Illustrated throughout with wood-engravings; list of illustrations at front.Weight in Kg appr.:

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