Record ID | marc_university_of_toronto/uoft.marc:5415405906:1875 |
Source | University of Toronto |
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110 2 $aSociety for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (Great Britain)
245 10 $aStatement of proceedings preliminary to the Exhibition of Industry of All Nations, 1851.
260 $a[London :$bPrinted by] Vacher & Sons, 29 Parliament Street,$c1850.
300 $a12 p. ;$c34 cm.
500 $aTitle from caption.
500 $a"At a Special General Meeting of the Members of the Incorporated Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, held in the Adelphi, February 8th, 1850, William Tooke, Esq., F. R. S., Vice-President, in the Chair;-- It was moved by Mr. J. H. Murchison, Seconded by Mr. Benjamin Rotch, Vice-President, and Resolved, -- "That the able Statement of the Preliminary Proceedings with regard to the intended Industrial Exhibition of 1851, which has been made by Mr. Scott Russell, with such further particulars to this time as he may deem expedient, be printed and circulated among the Members."--Caption.
500 $aJohn Russell Scott was secretary of the Royal Society of Arts in 1850 and his efforts were partially instrumental in the success of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Cf. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
500 $aFolded and unbound pamphlet of letterpress text printed with summary notes in the outer margins.
500 $aSee also McLean Pam 0045.
590 $aMASS copy: With inscription at head of p. 12: "Exhibition of 1851".$5CaOTMC
611 20 $aGreat Exhibition$d(1851 :$cLondon, England)$xPlanning.
655 7 $aProceedings$xSpecimens$zGreat Britain$y1850.$2aat
700 1 $aRussell, J. Scott$q(John Scott),$d1808-1882.
710 2 $aVacher & Sons$e(printer)
949 $aMcLean Pam 0046$wASIS$c1$i6055831-1001$lRAREBOOKS$mMASSEY$rN$sY$tBOOK$u22/1/2007