Tallis’s History And Description Of The Crystal Palace, And The Exhibition Of The World’s Industry In 1852;
£60.00
Publisher
The London Printing and Publishing Company.
Place
London
Date
[1852]
Synopsis
Illustrated by beautiful steel engravings, from original drawings and daguerrotyped, by beard mayall, etc. edited by j. g. strutt, esq. vol. ii.
Item Description
4to. 11 x 9 inches. [vi] + 262 pp. Bound in original green cloth, decorated with gilt blocks. All edges gilt. Extremities worn and rubbed, including corners and edges and spine sunned. Front hinge strengthened; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by 44 steel engraved plates, including frontispiece, protected by paper guards. Vol. II only of the descriptive guide to the Great Exhibition of 1851. Text by John Tallis ( 817-1876), a cartographic publisher, well known for his London Street Views. This volume covers principally fine art and artefacts, with some scenes of life overseas. Illustrated by photographers, John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) and Richard Beard (1801-65) of the Beard Mayall Company. Edited by Jacob George Strutt (1784-1867), portrait and landscape painter.
[Stock No. 30205]
