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GREAT EXHIBITION 1851 Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851, from the Originals Painted for H.R.H. Prince Albert by Messrs. Nash, Haghe, and Roberts, R.A. Published under the Express Sanction of His Royal Highness Prince Albert, 2 vol. bound in 1, Dickinson Brothers, 1854 image 1
GREAT EXHIBITION 1851 Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851, from the Originals Painted for H.R.H. Prince Albert by Messrs. Nash, Haghe, and Roberts, R.A. Published under the Express Sanction of His Royal Highness Prince Albert, 2 vol. bound in 1, Dickinson Brothers, 1854 image 2
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GREAT EXHIBITION 1851
Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851, from the Originals Painted for H.R.H. Prince Albert by Messrs. Nash, Haghe, and Roberts, R.A. Published under the Express Sanction of His Royal Highness Prince Albert, 2 vol. bound in 1, Dickinson Brothers, 1854

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GREAT EXHIBITION 1851

Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851, from the Originals Painted for H.R.H. Prince Albert by Messrs. Nash, Haghe, and Roberts, R.A. Published under the Express Sanction of His Royal Highness Prince Albert, 2 vol. bound in 1, general title printed in red and black, 55 hand-finished chromolithographed plates by Dickinson Brothers after Joseph Nash, Louis Haghe and David Roberts, paper guards, all but 5 with explanatory leaf of text (seemingly as issued), occasional light spotting (mostly to margins), light dampstain to approximately 7 plates (touching image of 4), modern half morocco [Abbey Scenery 251], folio (600 x 430mm.), Dickinson Brothers, 1854

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Magnificent series of chromolithographed views of the Great Exhibition, including 2 exterior views but mostly depicting the lavish displays of produce from Great Britain (agriculture, industrial machinery, etc.), Europe, America and Canada, Russia, China, Turkey, India (8 views), and elsewhere.

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