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The Crystal Palace, and its contents : being an illustrated cyclopaedia of the Great Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, 1851 ; embellished with upwards of five hundred engravings, with a copious analytical index

Book
1851-1852 (published)
Place of origin

Publication:
London : published by W.M. Clark, 16 & 17 Warwick Lane, 1851-1852
No. 1 (4 Oct. 1851) - no. 26/27 (27 Mar. 1852).
Physical Description: 26 no. : ill. ; 29 cm. Language: English Staff View: MARC Record OCLC Number: 1009009227 Subjects:
Crystal Palace (Hyde Park, London, England) Pictorial works.
Crystal Palace (Hyde Park, London, England).
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) Guidebooks.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) Periodicals.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) Pictorial works.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) History.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
Ownership inscriptions England 1851.
Wood engravings England 1851.
Periodicals England 1850-1851.
Summary:
Weekly periodical describing the history of the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the products that were exhibited there; the building and architecture of the Crystal Palace is not described.
More information, see references.
Genre:
Ownership inscriptions
Wood engravings
Periodicals
Pictorial works.
Guidebooks.
Periodicals.
Notes:
Illustrated with wood-engravings.
Includes index and list of enravings.
Last no. is a double number (no.26 and 27, 27 March 1852).
Library's copy donated by Charles Wentworth Dilke.
Library's copy with ownership inscription on t.p.: C Wentworth Dilke.
Pages numbered consecutively (viii, 424 p.).
Library's copy bound in dark red cloth; spine labelled: Crystal Palace.
Previously shelved at A.6, A.1 and 400.B.10.
Transferred from old catalogue.
Dilke, p.22.

Object details

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TitleThe Crystal Palace, and its contents : being an illustrated cyclopaedia of the Great Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, 1851 ; embellished with upwards of five hundred engravings, with a copious analytical index
Brief description
Book, 'The Crystal Palace, and its contents : being an illustrated cyclopaedia of the Great Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, 1851 ; embellished with upwards of five hundred engravings, with a copious analytical index', London : published by W.M. Clark, 16 & 17 Warwick Lane, 1851-1852
Physical description
Publication:
London : published by W.M. Clark, 16 & 17 Warwick Lane, 1851-1852
No. 1 (4 Oct. 1851) - no. 26/27 (27 Mar. 1852).
Physical Description: 26 no. : ill. ; 29 cm. Language: English Staff View: MARC Record OCLC Number: 1009009227 Subjects:
Crystal Palace (Hyde Park, London, England) Pictorial works.
Crystal Palace (Hyde Park, London, England).
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) Guidebooks.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) Periodicals.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) Pictorial works.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) History.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
Ownership inscriptions England 1851.
Wood engravings England 1851.
Periodicals England 1850-1851.
Summary:
Weekly periodical describing the history of the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the products that were exhibited there; the building and architecture of the Crystal Palace is not described.
More information, see references.
Genre:
Ownership inscriptions
Wood engravings
Periodicals
Pictorial works.
Guidebooks.
Periodicals.
Notes:
Illustrated with wood-engravings.
Includes index and list of enravings.
Last no. is a double number (no.26 and 27, 27 March 1852).
Library's copy donated by Charles Wentworth Dilke.
Library's copy with ownership inscription on t.p.: C Wentworth Dilke.
Pages numbered consecutively (viii, 424 p.).
Library's copy bound in dark red cloth; spine labelled: Crystal Palace.
Previously shelved at A.6, A.1 and 400.B.10.
Transferred from old catalogue.
Dilke, p.22.
Bibliographic reference
Other number
EX.1851.318 - NAL Pressmark
Collection
Library number
38041800136855

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