Description: Blue cloth with gilt design to front and spine. Black and white illustrations of specific manufacturers works, followed by a five essay supplement. The Great Exhibition catalogue is dedicated to Prince Albert. Presentation inscription to upper section of title page by William Cubitt, Chief Engineer of the Great Exhibition Building to his grand daughter Kate Corbould in remembrance of the Great Exhibition dated 1851. Language: English. Pages xxvi, 328 pages, Appended at the end are five essays, on "The Science of the Exhibition," by Robert Hunt; "The Harmony of Colours, as Exemplified in the Exhibition," by Mrs. Merrifield; "The Vegetable World, as Contributing to the Great Exhibition," by Edward Forbes; "The Machinery of the Exhibition: As Applied to Textile Manufactures," by Lewis D.B. Gordon; and "The Exhibition as a Lesson in Good Taste" by Ralph Nicholson Wornum. Size: 4to Quarto, 34cm by 25cm. Book Resume: The Art Journal catalog of the Great Exhibition of 1851 provides a contemporary illustrated record of the furniture, glassware, porcelain, ornamental metalwork, fabrics and sculpture exhibited in 1851, with an accompanying descriptive text and a series of essays on more general aspects of the exhibition A profusely illustrated work on the 1851 Great Exhibition, documenting all of the attractions showed at Crystal Palace The Great Exhibition was held in 1851 in Hyde Park It was a giant temporary structure that exhibited various attractions It was visited by Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and William Makepeace Thackeray This work shows all of the attractions held at the exhibition, with illustrations of the pieces throughout It celebrates art history, architecture, and inventions The exhibition was held at the Crystal Palace, which was built purposely for the exhibition The structure was made of glass in Hyde Park, and was a formidable building. Hardcover. Condition: very good externally but wear to corners, edges and spine ends, internally clean but binding very fragile and some pages loose , overall a good copy , published George Virtue, London 1851.