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Official catalogue of the British Section / published by authority of the Lord President of the Council.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1876 Centenn
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.). British Section.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Centennial Exhibition.
- Exhibitions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- United States--Centennial celebrations, etc.
- United States.
- Great Britain--Guidebooks.
- Great Britain.
- Manufactures--Great Britain.
- Manufactures.
- Great Britain--Commerce.
- Great Britain--Colonies.
- Genre:
- Exhibitions (Events)
- Physical Description:
- 2 v. in 1 : ill. (some col.), 1 folded map ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- At head of title: Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876
- 1876 International Exhibition Philadelphia
- International Exhibition Philadelphia, Official catalogue
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode ... for Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1876.
- Contents:
- British commission and executive staff
- Fine arts committee
- Names of proprietors of objects of fine art lent for exhibition
- American and colonial commissioners
- Foreign commissioners
- General regulations
- Digest of regulations for foreign exhibitors governing the free importation of goods
- System of awards and the selection and appointment of judges
- Exhibitions: their origin and progress
- Names of firms who have lent, or provided free of charge, objects for the use of the executive commission
- Alphabetical list of exhibitors
- Alphabetical list of towns represented by exhibitors
- Catalog entries in classes
- Subject index of contribtions. Colonial selection
- Bahamas
- Bermudas
- British Guiana
- Ceylon and straits settlements
- Jamaica
- Gold Coast colony
- Mauritius
- New Zealand
- Queensland
- Seychelles archipelago
- Tasmania
- Trinidad
- Victoria.
- Notes:
- Cover title: 1876 International Exhibition Philadelphia. British Section. Catalogue with commercial guide.
- Spine title: International Exhibition Philadelphia, Official catalogue.
- Pt. II has title: Exhibitors' commercial guide, containing, among other papers, the United States tariff of import duties upon articles of produce and manufactures, in English currency ... / compiled, and arranged ... by the secretary of the British Commission.
- "Contributions from Her Majesty's colonies to the Philadelphia International Exhibition of 1876": pt. I, p. [303]-418.
- t.p. features royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom.
- Printed on t.p.: "London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen's most excellent majesty. For Her Majesty's stationary office."
- "Price in America 50 cents, in England 2s."
- Contains index.
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