An account of the proceedings at the dinner given by Mr. George Peabody to the Americans connected with the Great Exhibition at the London Coffee House, Ludgate Hill on the 27th October 1851

[Stevens, Henry]

Edité par William Pickering [printed for private distribution], London, 1851

A propos de cet article

First edition, tall 8vo, pp. 114, [1]; title printed in red and black; handsomely printed by Charles Whittingham; top of spine chipped, bottom of spine and extremities rubbed, else a good, sound copy in original blue blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine and upper cover, a.e.g. Presentation copy to George B. Blake from George Peabody on the front free endpaper. Among the 140 or so attendees were John Carter Brown, Samuel Colt, George Sumner, and Henry Stevens of Vermont who has written the introductory note and who probably edited the text. "The dinner reported in the following pages was given by Mr. Peabody with the double purpose of manifesting his respect for the gentlemen who were his guests, and of fostering brotherly love, and cementing yet closer the reunion, between England and America" (Stevens' introductory note).

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: An account of the proceedings at the dinner given by Mr. George Peabody to the Americans connected with the Great Exhibition at the London Coffee House, Ludgate Hill on the 27th October 1851
• Éditeur: William Pickering [printed for private distribution], London
• Date de parution: 1851
• Édition: First Edition.
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Literature
  • Americana
  • English Literature