The Great Exhibition. A documentary history
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- Author(s) Cantor, Geoffrey (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2013
- Pages 4 vols, illus
- Publisher Pickering & Chatto
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Collection of contemporary texts, some extracted, from documents, pamphlets, newspapers, ephemera, books, articles, Hanzard, Commissioners' minutes, etc, touching on the Great Exhibition and intended as an easy access resource. Some texts reproduced as facsimiles. Arranged in seven parts in four volumes. The parts are: 1] Organising the Exhibition; 2] Reactions to the proposed Exhibition; 3] The opening of the Exhibition; 4] Guides to the Exhibition and other material; 5] Visitors' accounts; 6] Perspectives on the Exhibition; 7] The closing ceremony and assessments