Catalogue of a Collection of Works on or Having Reference to ... - 9781108036610

Catalogue of a Collection of Works on or Having Reference to the Exhibition of 1851In the Possession of C. Wentworth Dilke\nAuthor(s): Charles Wentworth Dilke\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108036610, 978-1108036610\nSynopsis\nC. Wentworth Dilke [tel], an influential figure at the Society of Arts, was one of the key organisers of the Great Exhibition of 1851. He played a leading part in planning the event and the catalogue, overseeing the installation of exhibits and managing the PR. The exhibition generated an enormous number of publications, official and unofficial, both in Britain and abroad, ranging from vistors' guides to London and descriptions of individual exhibits to discussions about the long-term future of the Crystal Palace, together with essays, sermons and poems. Dilke acquired several hundred such books and pamphlets, in various languages, and in 1855 privately published this .