JOSEPH ARTHUR COMTE DE GOBINEAU (1816-1882) VOYAGE Á TERRE-NEUVE [Journey to Newfoundland] TRAVELOGE. FIRST EDITION 1861. 1 VOLUME. IN FRENCH.
Lot 869
150250
JOHN BURLEY WARING (1823-1875)
Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture at the International Exhibition.
London: Day & Son, Ltd., 1863.
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.