SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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NASH, Joseph.
[Views in the Great Industrial Exhibition].

Over one long summer, millions of people travelled to London to visit the first ever international exhibition showcasing industry, raw materials, art and design from Britain and abroad. The exhibition was housed in a purpose-built glass and iron building in Hyde Park, Westminster. It was quite the engineering achievement – glass wasn’t really used as a building material at the time.

Published
[London: printed by and published by Dickenson Brothers, 1851].
References
Abbey Scenery 251 (Dickenson's small er format work); National Portrait Gallery D16497 (plate 2) and D106670 (plate 3); OCLC 54269186 (1 copy).
Plates
4
Binding/Size
XL=elephant folio
Value
0-5000
Published
[London: printed by and published by Dickenson Brothers, 1851].
Ref
5500

Elephant folio, light brown 1/2 morocco over marbled boards, morocco label titled in gilt to upper board. Without title or text, as issued, four hand-coloured lithographs. Coloured plates in order: The Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851. 1. Plate 2. The Foreign Nave. 2. Plate 4. The Transept. 3. Plate 1. The Inauguration. 4. Plate 3. The British Nave.