London Almanac for the Year of Christ 1872. Company of Stationers [London]. 1871.

London Almanac for the Year of Christ 1872. Company of Stationers [London]. 1871. 24 unnumbered leaves ; engraved throughout, printed on one side only on a single sheet, cut into bifolia, pasted back to back with first recto and last verso pasted to original pale yellow free endpapers. With an engraving of the Albert hall and International Exibition [sic] . 17 x 58 mm. Original black morocco (slightly rubbed at edges) with matching vertical slipcase. The London International Exhibition of 1871 attracted 1,142,154 visitors with 35 nations and British colonies exhibiting. The 1871 exhibition was divided into four divisions: Fine Arts, Manufactures, Scientific Inventions and New Discoveries of All Kinds, and Horticulture. The manufacturing division focused itself mainly upon the manufacture of pottery and terracotta and woollen and worsted goods. There were no prizes but each exhibitor was given a certificate for their display at the exhibition. Following this exhibition the idea was that an exhibition should be given annually with different classes of goods being displayed each year until the 11th year when the order began again. However, these annual exhibitions only ran from 1871-1874. The event was held in the South Kensington Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) gardens (to the south of the Royal Albert Hall), the Royal Albert Hall and permanent exhibition buildings paid for by the 1851 Commissioners and designed by Colonel Henry Young Darracott Scott RE.The exhibition site took up 100 acres of land to the south of the Royal Albert Hall. Some sources indicate that the acreage used, likely for the structures themselves, was between six and twelve acres. Season tickets for the 22 week-long exhibition were available. Daily tickets cost 2 shilling 6d (Wednesday) and 1 shilling (other days). The Exhibition was open every day except Sundays from 8am (Season ticket holders) or 10am (Regular ticket holders).Bondy, 164. Not in Spielmann nor Welsh. WorldCat locates one copy worldwide (British Library). 104 firsts2024