JOHN BURLEY WARING (1823-1875) Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture at the International Exhibition. London: Day & Son, Ltd., 1863.

Lot 868
2 0002 500
3 vols. 43.5 x 30.5 cm Additional chromolithographed titles, and 301 chromolithographed plates by W.R. Tymms and others. Each volume was issued with 100 full folio page tissue-guarded chromolithographed plates (300 in all), with accompanying letterpress descriptions in English and French. Hard cover, large folio in the original three-volume set, in a red morocco Grolier-style binding blocked with black banding richly gilt, with titles to the center front, flanked by four interconnecting discs listing the continents represented at the exhibition: Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Foxing, paperp aging, coverbook and pages detached.