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THE CRYSTAL PALACE & THE GREAT EXHIBITION (1851)
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The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of rare, vintage and hard-to-find books and documents compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library covering all aspects of THE GREAT EXHIBITION AT CRYSTAL PALACE, LONDON, 1851.
Discover the origins, rise, progress and completion of the Great Exhibition of the industry of all nations. Study the illustrated catalogues and cyclopaedia’s and read the journals of those who visited and saw the spectacle with their own eyes. Learn about the progress of arts and science, resulting from this first exhibition of the world’s manufactured products. Some of the books within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable library of reference material. The full list of titles included speaks for itself….
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1851, or, The adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and family, who came up to London to enjoy themselves, and to see the Great Exhibition - H. Mayhew (1851)
A catalogue of the articles of ornamental art, selected from the exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in 1851 (1852)
A condensed history of the origination, rise, progress and completion of the Great exhibition of the industry of all nations - D. E. Hall (1852)
A Guide to the Great Exhibition - containing a description of every principal object of interest, with a plan - Routledge & Co. (1851)
A medical man's plea for a winter garden in the Crystal Palace (1851)
American superiority at the World's fair - C. T. Rodgers (1852)
An authentic account of the Chinese commission, which was sent to report on the Great Exhibition - H. S. Edwards (1851)
Brother Jonathan's epistle (1852)
Central committee for the U.S. on the exhibition of industry of all nations - United States. Central committee on the Industrial exhibition of 1851 (1850)
Cyclopaedia of useful arts, mechanical and chemical, manufactures, mining, and engineering Vol. 1 - C. Tomlinson (1854)
Cyclopaedia of useful arts, mechanical and chemical, manufactures, mining, and engineering Vol. 2 - C. Tomlinson (1854)
Dickinsons' comprehensive pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851 - J. Nash (1852)
Echoes of the Great Exhibition - J. Turner (1851)
Fireside facts from the Great Exhibition, being an amusing series of object lessons on the food and clothing of all nations in the year 1851 - S. P. Newcombe (1851)
Gilbert Crystal Palace That Fox Built - J. Gilbert (1851)
Glances at Europe in a series of letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, etc., during the summer of 1851; including notices of the Great Exhibition, or World's Fair - H. Greeley (1851)
Glimpses and gatherings - during a voyage and visit to London and the Great Exhibition in the summer of 1851 - W. A. Drew (1852)
Guide-book to the Industrial exhibition (1851)
Industrial exhibition of 1851 - United States. Executive committee on the London industrial exhibition of 1851 (1850)
Journal of a trip to London, Paris, and the great exhibition, in 1851 - Z. Thompson (1852)
Knight's cyclopædia of the industry of all nations, 1851 - G. Dodd (1851)
Lectures on the progress of arts and science, resulting from the Great exhibition in London (1856)
Lectures on the Results of the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Royal Society of Arts (1852)
London as it is to-day - where to go, and what to see, during the great Exhibition - H. G. Clarke & Co. (1851)
London exhibition in 1851 - J. Weale (1851)
London in All Its Glory Or, how to Enjoy London During the Great Exhibition - H. G. Clarke (1851)
Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue of The Great Exhibition 1851 Vol. 1 (1851)
Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue of The Great Exhibition 1851 Vol. 2 (1851)
Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue of The Great Exhibition 1851 Vol. 3 (1851)
Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue of The Great Exhibition 1851 Vol. 4 (1851)
On three important chemical discoveries from the Exhibition of 1851 - L. Playfair (1852)
Proceedings at the meeting held September 16th, 1850 - United States. Central Committee on the Industrial Exhibition of 1851 (1850)
Recollections of the Great Exhibition, 1851 (1851)
Report of Benj. P. Johnson, agent of the state of New-York, appointed to attend the Exhibition of the industry of all nations, held in London, 1851 (1852)
Report of the New Jersey commissioners to the World's fair (1852)
Reports by the juries on the subjects in the thirty classes into which the exhibition was divided (1852)
Routledge's guide to the Crystal Palace and park at Sydenham - G. Routledge & Co. (1854)
Synopsis of the contents of the Great Exhibition of 1851 - companion to the official catalogue - R. Hunt (1851)
Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851 Vol. 1 - J. Tallis (1852)
Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851 Vol. 2 - J. Tallis (1852)
Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851 Vol. 3 - J. Tallis (1852)
Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851 Vol. 4 - J. Tallis (1852)
Tallis's history and description of the Crystal palace, and the Exhibition of the world's industry in 1851 Vol. 5 - J. Tallis (1852)
The Art-journal illustrated catalog - the industry of all nations 1851 (1851)
The Crystal palace, a little book for little boys for 1851 - unknown author (1851)
The Crystal Palace, and its contents being an illustrated cyclopaedia of the great exhibition of the industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
The Crystal palace, its architectural history and constructive marvels - P. Berlyn (1851)
The Exposition of 1851, or, Views of the industry, the science, and the government, of England - C. Babbage (1851)
The fine arts' courts in the Crystal Palace (1854)
The illustrated record of the international exhibition of the industrial arts and manufactures, .... also, several views of the exhibition of 1851 - T. P. Shaffner (1862)
The industry of nations, as exemplified in the Great Exhibition of 1851 the materials of industry (1852)
The lily and the bee; an apologue of the Crystal palace - S. Warren (1851)
The Prize Essay on the application of recent inventions collected at the Great Exhibition of 1851 - G. Sharp (1852)
The Sydenham Crystal Palace expositor, with engravings on steel and wood (1854)
The West of England and the Exhibition, 1851 - H. B. Hall (1851)
Wissenschaft, Industrie und Kunst Vorschläge zur Anregung nationalen Kunstgefühles, bei dem Schlusse der Londoner Industrie-Ausstellung - G. Semper (1852)
An absolute must for anyone with an interest in the Great Exhibition of 1851 and its enormous influence on many aspects of society – an unbelievable treasure trove of information for a very small price!
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