Cyclopædia of useful arts, mechanical and chemical, manufactures, mining, and engineering /

Cyclopædia of useful arts, mechanical and chemical, manufactures, mining, and engineering /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	London : James S. Virtue, City Road and Ivy Lane ; New York : Virtue & Co., 26, John Street, [1854?] (London : J.S. Virtue, printer, City Road)
Description:	2 volumes (clx, 832 pages, 19 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded); iv, 1052 pages, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Great Exhibition -- (1851 : -- London, England) Great Exhibition -- (1851 : -- London, England) -- Catalogs. Great Exhibition -- (1851 : -- London, England) -- Guidebooks. Great Exhibition -- (1851 : -- London, England) -- Dictionaries. Great Exhibition -- (1851 : -- London, England) -- History. Great Exhibition. Industrial arts -- Dictionaries. Technology -- Dictionaries. Industrial arts. Technology. History. Guidebooks. Catalogs. Dictionaries. Dictionaries.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13159183

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Cyclopædia of useful arts & manufactures
Other uniform titles:	Richard J. Wolfe Collection of Paper Marbling and Allied Book Arts.
Other authors / contributors:	Tomlinson, Charles, 1808-1897, editor. Virtue, George, 1793?-1868, publisher. J.S. Virtue and Co., publisher. James S. Virtue (Firm), publisher. Richard J. Wolfe Collection of Paper Marbling and Allied Book Arts.
Provenance:	Vol. 1 and Vol. 2: Former owner's signature: Wm. W. Pearce, April 14th 1859. Vol. 1 and Vol. 2: Presentation inscription: Presented to John H. Hammond by Hattie N. Pearce, July 27th 1876. Vol. 1: Receipt from bookseller laid in. Binding: half black cloth with brown cloth over boards; gold ruling and gold tooling on covers and spine; sprinkled edges.
Notes:	Added title page title: Cyclopædia of useful arts & manufactures. Alphabetical dictionary of products exhibited in the Great Exhibition of 1851; with introductory essay on the history of the Exhibition. Each volume has an added engraved title page and an engraved frontispiece; at foot of added title page: George Virtue, London & New York. This title is not listed in Charles Wentworth Dilke's bibliography.

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Call Number:	T9 .T66 1854b c.1
Issues:	v.1-2
c.1 : v.1	Available Loan period: staff review required; building use only Request from SCRC Need help? - Ask SCRC or Request Scans Notes: Gift of Richard J. Wolfe
c.1 : v.2	Available Loan period: staff review required; building use only Request from SCRC Need help? - Ask SCRC or Request Scans Notes: Gift of Richard J. Wolfe