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The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue: The Industry of All Nations 1851
1851955F43London: For the Proprietors by George Virtue 1851 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 13.5" by 10.5". Not Stated. The first edition of this impressively illustrated special edition of 'The Art Journal' detailing the beautifully designed objects exhibited at the Great Exhibition. A first edition.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and engraved title page and with vignette illustrations throughout. Collated complete.This volume offers an illustrated record of the furniture glassware porcelain metalwork sculpture and fabrics exhibited at the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations the first in a series of world's fairs exhibiting examples of culture and industry from around the world.The preface also explains that in this volume The Art Journal have 'obtained from high and experienced authorities Essays such a might be permanently useful in illustrating the leading objects of the Exhibition'. In a half morocco binding with gilt detailing to back strip and cloth covered boards. Externally smart. Light rubbing to back strip head and tail joint heads and tails and board perimeters. Light fading to cloth at fore edge of front board. Inscription to a front blank. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean with only the odd spot. Very Good For the Proprietors, by George Virtue hardcover
Rooke Books · Royaume-Uni395,00 £GB≈ 451,01 €
