Art and Industry as Represented in the Exhibition at the Crystal Palace New York 1853-4, Showing the Progress and State of the Various Useful and Esthetic Pursuits
New York: Redfield, 1853. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Full leather library binding, plain endpapers, all edges marbled; xxv, [1], [13]-386,[6]pp; 6pp of publisher's ads at rear. Ex-library with stamp to front board, bookplate to front pastedown. Rebacked, boards lightly bowed, mildly rubbed, foxed, with dampstaining to first 20 leaves: Good.
Overview of the 1853 Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, held in New York City in a building directly modelled on the London Crystal Palace. "A collection of essays from the New York Tribune, revised and edited by Horace Greeley, on departments in the exhibition, each essay including 'a retrospective glance at the origin and growth of the art or arts involved'" (73). RYDELL 73.
Price: $200.00