5 vols.
Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition: Strahan, Edward, et al. The Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition Illustrated: Fine Art; Industrial Art; History, Mechanics, Science. Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, n.d. [ca. 1877]. 3 vols. 4to, orig. 3/4 sheep & cloth, gilt, a.e.g.; rubbed, several covers detached. Numerous steel-engraved plates, wood-engraved illus. Internally generally clean. * Norton, Frank H. The Illustrated Historical Register of the United States Centennial Exposition, 1876. New York, (1877). Folio, modern cloth. Front chromolithographic cover defective, some internal repairs, lacking the fold. bird's-eye view of Philadelphia. * _ _. Illustrated Historical Register of the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876 and of the Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1878. New York, (1879). Folio, modern cloth. Ca. 25 chromolithographic plates, double, full & text wood-engraved illus. Occasional marginal dampstaining.
From the library of Edmund Bacon.