Author: 1878 PARIS - Exposition Universelle - Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878 :
Title: Report of His Majesty's Commissioners for the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878 , to the Queen's most excellent majesty. Vol. I ( and Vol. II) .
Description: 14. London, printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode,... for Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1880, 2 vols in-8°, 491 pp + large folding coloured plan of the exhibition ; xi pp + 630 pp. ( 2 vols, complete). Bound in uniform full red morocco, with extensive gilt decoration of spine and both covers, armorial supra-libro with the British lion and unicorn, all edges gilt. Still fine copies although bindings show some wear at extremities. The colored map , bound before vol. I has been mounted on linen. Nice copy of the official British report of the Paris 1878 Exhibition. Vol. II opens with a '' Handbook to the Indian Court'' ( 185 pp ). This contribution describes the large Indian entry for the exhibition. .

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