1st Edition

The International Exhibition of 1862 (ES 5-vol. set)

Edited By Rui Kohiyama Copyright 2014
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    • This is a collection of primary-source materials on the International Exhibition in London or Great London Exposition, held from 1 May to 1 November 1862, beside the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington on a site that now houses museums including the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum.
    • Featuring over 28,000 exhibitors from 36 countries, it represented a wide range of industry, technology, and the arts and attracted about 6.1 million visitors.
    • The collection includes facsimile reprints of official catalogues in four volumes together with a special edition of Cassell’s Family Paper published at the time of the Exhibition. Its many illustrations vividly recreate scenes from the Exhibition.

    Volume 1-4:The Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition of 1862, London

    Printed for Her Majesty's Commissioners

    Vol. 1 (c. 835 pp.) :

    The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department, British Division - Vol. I

    Grand Plans of Building and of Galleries

    A Concise History of the International Exhibition of 1862

    The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department, British Division

    Class I: Mining, Quarrying, Metallurgy, and Mineral Products

    Class II: Chemical Substances and Products, and Pharmaceutical Processes

    Class III: Substances Used for Food

    Class IV: Animal and Vegetable Substances used in Manufactures

    Class V: Railways Plant, including Locomotive Engines and Carriages

    Class VI: Carriages not connected with Rail or Tram-roads

    Class VII: Manufacturing Machines and Tools

    Class VIII: Machinery in General

    Class IX: Agricultural and Horticultural Machines and Implements

    Official Illustrated Catalogue Advertiser

    Vol. 2 (c. 875 pp.):

    The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department, British Division - Vol. II

    Class X: Civil Engineering, Architectural, and Building Contrivances

    Class XI: Military Engineering, Armour, and Accoutrements, Ordnance and Small Arms

    Class XII: Naval Architecture - Ships' Tackle

    Class XIII: Philosophical Instruments, and Processes depending upon their Use

    Class XIV: Photographic Apparatus and Photography

    Class XV: Horological Instruments

    Class XVI: Musical Instruments

    Class XVII: Surgical Instruments and Appliances

    Class XVIII: Cotton

    Class XIX: Flax and Hemp

    Class XX: Silk and Velvet

    Class XXI: Woollen and Worsted, including Mixed Fabrics Generally

    Class XXII: Carpets

    Class XXIII: Woven, Spun, Felted, and Laid Fabrics, as Specimens of Printing or Dyeing

    Class XXIV: Tapestry, Lace, and Embroidery

    Class XXV: Skins, Furs, Feathers, and Hair

    Class XXVI: Leather, including Saddlery and Harness

    Class XXVII: Articles of Clothing

    Class XXVIII: Paper, Stationery, and Printing, and Bookbinding

    Class XXIX: Educational Works and Appliances

    Class XXX: Furniture and Upholstery, including Paper-hangings and Papier-mache

    Class XXXI: Iron and General Hardware

    Class XXXII: Steel, Cutlery and Edge Tools

    Class XXXIII: Works in Precious Metals, and their Imitations, and Jewellery

    Class XXXIV: Glass

    Class XXXV: Pottery

    Class XXXVI: Dressing Cases, Despatch Boxes, and Travelling Cases

    Index

    Vol. 3 (c. 560 pp.):

    The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department, Colonial and Foreign Divisions

    Colonial Possessions

    Australia, South

    Australia, Western

    Bahamas

    Barbados

    Bermuda

    Borneo

    British Columbia

    Canada

    Cape of Good Hope

    Ceylon

    Channel Islands (Jersey and Guernsey)

    Dominica

    Hounduras, British

    Jamaica

    Malta

    Mauritius

    Natal

    New Brunswick

    Newfoundland

    New South Wales

    New Zealand

    Nova Scotia

    Prince Edward's Island

    Queensland

    St. Helana

    St. Vincent

    Tasmania

    Trinidad

    Vancouvre

    Victoria

    A Classified and Descriptive Catalogue of the India Department

    The Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition, Foreign Division

    Africa, Central

    Africa, Western

    Belgium

    Brazil

    China

    Costa Rica

    Denmark

    Ecuador

    France

    France, Colonies of

    Vol. 4 (c. 780 pp.):

    The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department, Foreign Division

    Germany: Austria at the International Exhibition of 1862

    Hanse-Towns

    Mecklenburg-Schwerin

    Special Catalogue of the Zollverein-Department, First Division

    Special Catalogue of the Zollverein-Department, Second Division

    Greece

    Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands

    Hayti

    Ioneian Islands

    Italy

    Japan

    Liberia

    Madagascar

    Netherlands, The

    Norway

    Peru

    Portugal

    Rome

    Russia

    Siam

    Spain

    Sweden

    Switzerland

    Turkey

    United States

    Uruguay

    Venezuela

    Volume. 5 (c. 315 pp.):

    Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper Exhibitor - containing About Three Hundred Illustrations, with letter-press descriptions of all the principal objects in The International Exhibition of 1862

    Published by Cassell, Peter, & Galpin, London, 1862