[HISTORY] ENGLISH] [SATIRE] THE GREAT EXHIBITION “WOT IS TO BE” OR, PROBABLE RESULTS OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS IN THE YEAR ‘51”

Committee of the Society for Keeping Things in Their Places (R. Ackemann). Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Oblong Octavo; consisting of 23 leaves in accordion fold, printed on one side only; lithographed throughout including the pastedown on the upper board; this version of the panorama is not colored; each panel is divided horizontally into upper and lower columns depicting the nations -- with their idiosyncracies; rebacked with a later and most sympathetic spine; the panorama altogether measures about 18 feet.~~A satirical preview of the Crystal Palace Exhibition, with illustrations in the period style of Cruikshank and other popular satirists of the day. Very Good binding.