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27 pp. With an Essay by J. B. Waring. Illustrated with 15 chromolithographed plates plus an added pictorial chromolithographed title page by F. Bedford, with tissue-guards; wood engravings throughout the text by R.C. Dudley. (Folio) 15¼x11, publisher's original brown gilt-decorated cloth, beveled edges, all edges gilt. First Edition.

The elaborate chromolithographs illustrate examples of metalwork and jewelry which had been on exhibit at the Art Treasures Exhibition at Manchester in 1857. J. B. Waring (1823-1875) edited each of the volumes on all of the classes of objects shown. Each volume is complete in itself. Friedman 176; McLean p. 125.