The world of science, art, and industry illustrated from examples in the New-York Exhibition, 1853-54
New-York: G. P. Putnam and Company; London: Sampson Low, Son & Co., 1854. Folio, pp. xi, [1], 207, [1]; wood-engraved frontispiece and pictorial title page inserted, 4 wood-engraved plates and 1 chromolithograph, plus over 500 wood-engraved illustrations throughout; original decorative brown cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine; spine with a bit of wear, occasional spotting, the binding rubbed at extremities; all else very good. A fine work, showing a multitude of illustrations of decorative and applied design, including examples of furniture, candelabra, mantelpieces, sculpture, etc. This was the first American exposition, inspired by and patterned after the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. Item #65445
Price: $400.00
