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    LONDON : SPICER BROTHERS [FOR THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE GREAT EXHIBITION]

    Great Exhibition of the works of industry of all nations : official descriptive and illustrated catalogue. Vol. 3.

    1851

    36.5 x 9.5 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1091020

    [6], 1005-1470 p., 170 leaves of plates : ill.

    • Creator(s)

      London : Spicer Brothers [for the Royal Commission on the Great Exhibition] (publisher)

      London : W. Clowes & Sons (printer)

      Riviere : Bath (binder)

      Subject(s)

      Royal Commission [on the Great Exhibition]

    • 36.5 x 9.5 cm (book measurement (inventory))


    • Presented to Queen Victoria by Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851.

    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • books
            • book: full leather bound
              • book: full leather bound in morocco
                • book: full leather bound in red morocco
            • book: all edges gilt
            • book: doublures
              • book: silk doublures
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