1851 The Industry of All Nations: The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue 1851

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition.

In the publisher's original cloth, re-backed in modern cloth. 

Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece, engraved title page, and vignette illustrations throughout. Additional loose plate of the 'Great Industrial Exhibition in Hyde Park' included. 

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'.