The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century. A series of illustrations of the choicest specimens produced by every nation at the Great Exhibition of Works of Industry, 1851. (Vol. II)

London: Day and Son, 1853. Hardcover. Dark brown textured boards with ornate gilt decoration and lettering. Brown leather spine/corners. 78 color plates (numbered 80-157). Unpaginated but with approx. 80 pp. text interspersed between plates. AEG. Oversize and heavy. Will require extra postage. A rebinding copy. Front cover detached but present and spine/corners missing. A few pages at both ends are detached but present. Ex-lib. copy, and each plate includes a perforated stamp near the bottom that runs into the image. Text pages and plates, however, are clean and tight otherwise, and plates would be suitable for framing. Item #147125

Chromolithographed title page and stunning, vivid color lithographs of the decorative arts of numerous countries: Furniture, embroidery, ceramics, porcelain, musical instruments, jewelery, book bindings, wall papers, silks, carved ivory, daggers, carpets, enamels, bronzes, jade, chintzes, glass, and more. Each plate includes its own page of descriptive annotation. 1300 copies were printed.

Price: $700.00