THE ART OF THE WORLD. ILLUSTRATED IN THE PAINTINGS, STATUARY, AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION

Author: Hitchcock, Ripley, ed
Title: THE ART OF THE WORLD. ILLUSTRATED IN THE PAINTINGS, STATUARY, AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
Publication: New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895
Edition: Subscription Edition

Description: Two volumes. Very tall folio (16 5/8"). x, 96p, (ii), xlvii; viii, 97-197p, (ii), xlix- lxxxiv. Illustrated on every text page, and including 50 photogravures on heavy stock, 50 color "typogravures matted, and 120 full-page typogravures in black and white. The end matter, 'The Story of the Exposition' and The Plan of the Builders' by Burnham includes 10 additional photogravures, 1 color typogravure matted, and 16 full-page typogravures in black and white. Bound in tan cloth blocked in gilt with overall designs of the buildings, design by Stanford White, a.e.g. Covers with mild wear and slight chipping, about 2-inch splitting to upper joint of Vol. I,but still relatively bright, interior fine.

Dybwad and Bliss 880.

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