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185253659London: William Clowes & Sons 1852. First Edition. First printing. Stout octavo 26cm. Publisher's red cloth-covered boards decoratively stamped in gilt and blind; a.e.g.; cxx1-86716pp; 3 inserted leaves of chromolithographic color plates. Mild foxing to preliminary leaves with occasional spots of scattered foxing to text margins. Else a remarkably bright and well-preserved copy of this massive volume easily Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Full transcript of expert jurors' verdicts on the thousands of entries of items in the Great Exhibition of 1851. Prefaced with an index to the divisions list of jurors and a complete list of the prizes awarded in subject areas ranging from raw materials first prize for "a process for washing and purifying coals" awarded to Bérard & Cie of France to decorative furnishings to the Gobelins-Beauvais Manufactory for "originality and beauty of design of the different specimens of tapestry exhibited". William Clowes & Sons unknown
187826092Paris, Moniteur universel, s.d. [1878]. Dimensions : 293 x 203 mm.
1900134984Paris, Direction des affaires municipales 1900 In-4 à l’italienne cartonnage illustré et imprimé, 191 planches sur onglet. Bon exemplaire.
187852732Paris Librairie Illustre 1878 In-4, demi-maroquin bordeaux, plats de papier marbr, dos nerfs orn d'encadrements pousss froid; doublures et gardes de papier marbr, tranches lisses (reliure de l'poque). Edition originale, abondamment illustre de gravures sur bois, pleine page ou in-texte. Cette publication comprend d'importants chapitres consacrs aux machines, aux mines, la mtallurgie, la mcanique, aux chemins de fer et au gaz. On trouve aussi une intressante section concernant la Socit franaise de secours aux blesss militaires de terre et de mer, avec une illustration dpeignant du matriel de secours sur les champs de bataille.
1867116602Paris, 1867, 2 vol. gr. in-4°, 480-(4) et 480 pp, 700 gravures dans le texte, texte sur 3 colonnes, reliures demi-basane carmin, dos lisse à quadruples filets dorés, titre et tomaison dorés, palette en queue, tranches pennées (rel. de l'époque), qqs épidermures, bon état. Bel exemplaire sans rousseurs
1878114011878 Paris, Librairie Illustrée, et Dreyfous, 1878, in folio, 327pp., relié demi percaline rouge, 327 pages ; quelques marges renforcées ; frottis d'usage.
187830217Paris, Moniteur universel, [1878]. Dimensions : 293 x 198 mm + marges.
1893115808Paris, E. Bernard & Cie 1893 In-4 27,5 x 17,5 cm. Reliure demi-basne havane, dos lisse orné de roulettes dorées, 476 pp., notes en bas de page, 322 figures dans le texte, table des matières, index alphabétique.
188915938Paris inconnu 1889 1 Un carnet dépliant de dimensions 14,5 x 10 cm; contenant un dépliant de 7 sections présentant un panorama double et 17 vues de pavillons étrangers présents à l'exposition . Reproductions en chromolithographies tirées en noir.
189050922NY: Radtke Lauckner & Co 1890. Single sheet of thin laid paper 10 3/8 x8 inches with a copper etching of a rustic cabin on a lake with a sail boat in the background. In holograph on the lower margin is " At Brennan & Davis' Monday & Tuesday Apr 20th & 21st." Faint foxing which is less pronounced than in the scan; else very good. The firm of Radtke Lauckner & Co. were publishers and importers of etchings engravings and photographs located at 6 East 18th Street New York during the 1890's. Apparently they arranged traveling exhibitions of their wares at various locations; this elaborate invitation was for a showing at Brennan & Davis' a jewelry stationery and book store in Bradford Pennsylvania. Radtke, Lauckner & Co unknown
188053063Paris: Impr. Nationale 1880. First edition. 8vo. 67 pp. Original printed wrappers which are toned at the edges with a few chips and creases. Text is unopened. INSCRIBED by the author. Alphonse Davanne is a most important figure in the early history of photography. Born 1824 in Paris he was a founding member of the Société Française de Photographie the first photographic society in the world and subsequently its vice president and then president. His early collaborations were involved with photolithography and by 1854 he had mastered that process. His next experiments were on developing a direct positive process. Davanne served as the president of the jury for the photographic section of this International Exhibition.<br /> <br /> Largely concerned with the history cameras and equipment and the latest advances in photomechanical processes etc. <br /> <br /> Roosens and Salu No. 3697. Impr. Nationale unknown
190032023Paris: Piublisher not identified 1900. First edition. 4to. 102 pp. portrait frontispiece with tissue guard illustrations in text 10 plates with tissue guards 1 of these in color. Printed wrappers expertly repaired with a new paper spine. Moderate wear; a very good copy. Housed in a new cloth clamshell box. A history of photography and processes which includes two chapters by Léon Vidal - one is a history of photogravure and the other on color photography. Details several other photomechanical processes and their inventors. Illustrations include those by Robert Demachy and by Puyo. <br /> <br /> There are several issues of this report three of which vary only in size; a fourth a later issue has a slightly different wording to the title and is dated 1903. Étienne-Jules Marey was the president of the committee.<br /> <br /> Roosens and Salu No. 3704. Piublisher not identified unknown
190053064Paris: Publisher not identified 1900. First edition. 4to. 28 cm. x 19 cm 102 pp. portrait frontispiece with tissue guard illustrations in text 10 plates with tissue guards 1 of these in color. Original printed wrappers. Neat ownership signature of a member of the jury of classe 5 on the blank reverse of the half-title page. Fine as new. A history of photography and processes which includes two chapters by Léon Vidal - one is a history of photogravure and the other on color photography. Details several other photomechanical processes and their inventors. Illustrations include those by Robert Demachy and by Puyo. <br /> <br /> There are several issues of this report three of which vary only in size; a fourth a later issue has a slightly different wording to the title and is dated 1903. Étienne-Jules Marey was the president of the committee.<br /> <br /> Roosens and Salu No. 3704. Publisher not identified unknown
1900149851Helsingfors : Impr. Centrale 1900. First Edition. Hardback. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over bevelled boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 527 pages; Physical desc. : 527 p. In various paginations: ill. plates maps ; 23 cm. Other names: Mechelin Leo 1839-1914. Finland. Teollisuushallitus. Exposition universelle internationale de 1900 Paris France. Contents: Pays et population. --Organisation politique et administrative. --Culture intellectuelle. --Culture materielle. --Etat social. Language: French. Helsingfors : Impr. Centrale hardcover
1878302171878. Paris Moniteur universel 1878. Dimensions : 293 x 198 mm marges. Belle preuve en phototypie maroufle sur carton fort. Elle figure une vue d'ensemble du Trocadro avec au premier plan le lac du Champ-de-Mars et le pavillon de Monaco. Piqres sur le montage. Petite abrasion affectant l'preuve. Du reste belle condition. b42961 unknown
1878260921878. Paris Moniteur universel s.d. 1878. Dimensions : 293 x 203 mm. Grande et belle ÂŽpreuve contrecollÂŽe sur carton fort figurant une vue d'ensemble de la place du TrocadÂŽro lors de l'Exposition Universelle de Paris 1878. Petite abrasion affectant la composition. Rousseurs marginales. Du reste trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
189832124n.p.: F. A. Rinehart 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Oblong quarto. Light green cloth hardcover with gilt illustrated title on front cover. Floral decorated end sheets. Cloth binding is soiled and shelf worn with a few pin holes. Interior contents mostly in good condition with occasional light spots on the edges. Contents include title page 2 pages of text and 64 photogravure views of the Exposition. Pasted down on rear blank end paper is an unrelated news clipping showing a map of Wisconsin titled "Plan No 3 The New Congressional Apportionment." Fair to good condition. F. A. Rinehart hardcover
1888AQ33282Glasgow: T. & A. Constable 1888. One of 370 large paper copies. 6 157pp 1. Unopened in original publisher's vellum-backed red cloth boards contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces A.E.G. A trifle rubbed spine dulled. Internally clean and crisp. Letterpress presentation leaf completed in manuscript inscribed to Glaswegian art collector B. B. MacGeorge Esq. The generously margined official catalogue of the fine art collection presented at the International Exhibition of Science Art and Industry Kelvingrove Park Glasgow in 1888. The seven month long event - staged in order to raise fund for the construction of a permanent gallery and museum in the park - attracted in excess for 5.5 million visitors. . First edition. Quarto. T. & A. Constable hardcover
185827950London 1858. First printing. Ephemera. Very good overall. Handbill advertising the opening of the London Crystal Palace on December 1 1858 soliciting "Applications for the remaining Space are requested to be made forthwith." The handbill touts the fair is "the largest number of First-class Exhibitors of any Building in Europe. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT IS THE FINEST IN LONDON." For the Sale of all kinds of Useful and Fancy Articles." 5 1/2 x 8 5/8" black type on cream paper verso has ad for Slate Billiard Tables by Messrs. Thurston & Co. Right edge slt. chipped. unknown
18513220040<i>Engraved panoramic view measuring 460×235mm overall image 415×145 mm. </i><br /><br /><br />Steel-engraved panoramic view published by Boyd & Cannavan London Wall & J. H. Woodley in the City. Text beneath the image provides statistics for the building such as length 1848 feet and cost for use & maintenance £79800. the commity decided to add three feet of steps at on end to make the leanght up to a more satisfying 1851 feet Boyd & Cannavan
18513220148<p><em>Lithograph strip panorama consisting of four sheets conjoined measuring 12 x 230 cm overall some light dust-soiling in places; folding into publisher's original boards the upper cover with an illustration of a showman in military attire drumming up an audience for a show consisting of a Punch and Judy-style booth with what appear curiously to be marionettes rather than glove-puppets dancing on the stage spine expertly repaired covers slightly marked but nevertheless still a good example.</em></p><p>Rare panorama consisting of 75 captioned vignettes of the people of many nationalities idly wasting time or misbehaving themselves in mostly harmless ways: "A Highland Gentleman practising the Art of Boozing" "John Bull sleeping on the National Debt" "A Hindoo Gentleman enjoying Hookah" "Young Irish Lady doing penance by walking on sharp stones round a well" "A New Zealand Chief polishing the skull of one of his enemies" and so on. It concludes with 'A French Patriot playing Battledoor i.e. battledore & Shuttlecock' the character hitting two crowns and a bonnet-rouge into the air.</p><p>Although unsigned the artist for the work is clearly Benjamin Clayton 1809-1883 what little we know of him comes mainly from his daughter the writer and artist Ellen Creathorne 1834-1900. Benjamin was born in Dublin but moved his family to London in 1841 hoping to be a history painter however his gifts lay instead with illustration firstly producing his own periodicals gChatg and gPunchinello. A journal of wit wisdom and romanceg but later having to work for other publishers first with Ackermann & Co. and later for Dean and Son.</p><p>The publisher George Mann at 39 Cornhill together with Dean & Son issued several panoramas at the time of the Great Exhibition the partnership ending with Mann's death in 1852.</p> Dean & Son, Printers. [Published by] G. Mann, Cornhill [London].
186261001Rochester NY: C.W. Woodward 1862. One albumen stereoview photograph sized 5.75 x 3.25 in. mounted on beige studio board sized 7 x 3.5 in. w/ photographer’s imprint and caption on the board VG exemplar from the library of Prof. Marvin Nathan. An unusually scarce original albumen stereoview photograph capturing the prize-winning stand of decorative art glass offered by the famed Victorian china and glass manufacturer’s W.P. & G. Phillips located on Oxford Street & New Bond Street. They catered to a well-to-do class of clients and their displays offered intricate and beautifully made designs. The Great London Exhibition of 1862 emulated the original 1851 Crystal Palace Great Exhibition featured over 28000 participating vendors and set on the present site of the Natural History Museum and Science Museum in London’s South Kensington. Woodward 1836-1894 first established himself as a photography dealer and decorative arts and glass dealer in Orange MA before locating his firm in Rochester in 1862 where continued operating under his own imprint before becoming director of the Union View Co. in 1882 producing landscapes and architectural views. C.W. Woodward, unknown
186453725London: Day & Son 1864. First Edition. Large octavo 26cm. Publisher's embossed cloth-covered boards decoratively titled in gilt on spine and front cover; xxiv447pp; 431 wood-engraved text-figures; 39 inserted leaves of engraved plates most folding. Neatly rebacked; some spotting and soiling to boards spine cloth slightly dulled. Endpapers soiled with faint marginal tidemark to preliminary leaves but in all a tight complete Very Good copy. Ownership signature on front endpaper of a William John Lafferty Belfast dated 1866. <br /> <br /> A significant work infrequent in commerce. Especially valuable for its coverage of early railway technology an area in which the author was himself expert as he had served as a Consulting Engineer for the Great North of Scotland Railway as early as 1853. The book's four divisions - Railways; Textile Machinery; Metal and Wood Manufacturing Machinery; and "Machinery in General" are each profusely illustrated with both text figures and folding plates. The final plate at end of text is a "General Plan of the Western Annex" where mechanical exhibits were housed. Day & Son unknown
1900_201900821Paris, Librairie Illustrée, Montgrédien & Cie, Éditeurs, 1900 ; in-folio (280 x 378 mm), 4-324 + 38 pl. hors-texte, 4-324 + 40 pl. hors-texte, 4-324 + 37 pl. hors-texte, relié demi-cuir, colorie vermillon, dos orné de filets et de fleurons dorés, à 5 nerfs, tranches jaspées. Les 3 volumes. Encyclopédie du Siècle, présentée par M. Alfred Picard, commissaire général de l'Exposition de 1900, avec la collaboration d'écrivains spéciaux et des meilleurs artistes. Ouvrage vendu sous forme de parution périodique. Sommaire: Tome 1. - Histoire - Organisation - Généralités; Organisateurs et Visiteurs; les Champs Élysées; les Quais de la Seine: ponts et passerelles; le Champ de Mars; l'Esplanade des Invalides; le Trocadéro; les Travailleurs de l'Exposition; Autour de l'Exposition; Encyclopédie du Siècle et Musées centennaux. Tome 2. - Histoire - Organisation - Généralités; Organisateurs et Visiteurs; les Champs Élysées; les Quais de la Seine: ponts et passerelles; le Champ de Mars; l'Esplanade des Invalides; le Trocadéro; le Bois de Vincennes; Colonies; les Nations étrangères; les Grandes attractions; Variétés; Visiteurs; les Musées et les Manufactures nationales; Encyclopédie du Siècle et Musées centennaux. Tome 3. - Histoire - Organisation - Généralités; les Champs Élysées; le Cours-la-Reine; les Rives de la Seine: ponts et passerelles; le Champ de Mars; l'Esplanade des Invalides; le Trocadéro; l'Annexe de Vincennes; Colonies; les Nations étrangères; les Grandes attractions; Variétés; Organisateurs et Visiteurs; les Musées et les Manufactures nationales. Très nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc in et hors-texte doubles, dépliantes ou pas et quelques-unes en couleurs hors-texte doubles, dépliantes ou pas.
1884AQ24340London: Printed and Published for the Executive Council of the International Health Exhibition and for the Council of the Society of Arts by William Clowes and Sons 1884. 2 35pp 1. Bound with: SPARKES John C. L. Schools of art: their origin history work and influence. London. Printed and Published for the Executive Council of the International Health Exhibition and for the Council of the Society of Arts by William Clowes and Sons 1884. First edition. viii 152pp. And: PAGET Charles E. Healthy schools. London. Printed and Published for the Executive Council of the International Health Exhibition and for the Council of the Society of Arts by William Clowes and Sons 1884. First edition. 72pp. And: School hygiene and school construction. London. Printed and Published for the Executive Council of the International Health Exhibition and for the Council of the Society of Arts by William Clowes and Sons 1884. First edition. 4 284pp. 8vo. Modern blue cloth printed paper lettering-piece. Scattered spotting. A coherent sammelband of four didactic papers submitted as a part of the 1884 International Health Exhibition concerning the education of children with disabilities the hygiene of classrooms and the construction of schools. . First edition. Printed and Published for the Executive Council of the International Health Exhibition, and for the Council of the Society of Ar hardcover
