A concise history of the International Exhibition of 1862
Subtitle: its rise and progress, its building and features and a summary of all former exhibitions
By: by John Hollingshead. ; With forty illustrations
Publisher: Printed for Her Majesty's Commissioners.
Published: 1862
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
Subjects: Decorative arts; Exhibitions; Arts décoratifs; Expositions; International Exhibition (1862 : London, England); International Exhibition. fast (OCoLC)fst01405145
Notes: At head of title: By authority.

"As this Book has to deal with facts connected with Industrial Exhibitions, and not with phantoms of the imagination, a large portion of it is necessarily a compilation from official sources. The chapter containing an account of the Building is taken from a paper by Captain Phillpotts, R.E., but is here printed with many additions, corrections, and illustrations."--Preface

"The building for the Exhibition of 1862" (by Captain Phillpotts, R.E., assistant engineer and architect): pages 127-155

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-M⁸ N⁴ [$2 ( -N2) signed].

Advertisements at end: 8 pages, printed by Spottiswoode and Co., with running title "Official illustrated catalogue advertiser."

Bound in blind-stamped red cloth; title in gold on front cover: "By authority. History of the International Exhibition. 1862. Hollingshead 3/6."