Oct 12, 2006 - Sale 2088

Sale 2088 - Lot 150

Price Realized: $ 900
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(GREAT EXHIBITION.) Tallis, John. History and Description of the Crystal Palace and the Exhibition of the World's Industry in 1851. 3 volumes in 2. Numerous engraved plates of the interior and artifacts from the Fair by Beard, Mayall, and others. 4to, later gilt-lettered 1/2 calf over marbled boards; dampstain to lower outer corners of both volumes, affects frontispieces and mostly plates at rear. London, [1851]

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with--The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue. The Industry of All Nations 1851. Hundreds of illustrations. 4to, contemporary brown morocco decoratively stamped in gold and black, rubbed, some repaired scuffs. London: Virtue, 1851. The illustrated record of the furniture, glassware, porcelain, ornamental metalwork, fabrics and sculpture exhibited in 1851, with an accompanying descriptive text and a series of essays.