Description
Book Synopsis
- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
Table of ContentsVolume 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
