Shelfmark
Hb.4.29
Author
Title
Britannia depicta : a series of views (with brief descriptions) of the most interesting and picturesque objects in Great Britain, engraved from drawings / by Messrs. Hearne, Farington, Smith, Turner, Alexander, &c. By William Byrne, F.A.S. The counties alphabetically arranged; part I containing twenty-four views in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire.
Varying form of title
Spine title: Lysons' Britannia depicta
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1806.
Physical description
24 p., leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 x 35 cm.
Note
Printed by G Syney, London (colophon).
Provenance
Bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Binding
19th century green leather half-binding; boards and endpapers covered in marbled paper, gilt lettering on spine.
Copy-specific note
Previous ms. library shelfmarks in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Memorandum from Spottiswoode booksellers to Eton College Library interleaved after title page.
Subject
Subject
Great Britain Description and travel.
Subject
Bedfordshire (England)
Subject
Berkshire (England)
Subject
Buckinghamshire (England)
Subject
England Description and travel.
Subject
Great Britain Pictorial works.
Subject
England Pictorial works.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Byrne, William, 1743 - 1805 engraver.
Added entry--name
Byrne, William, 1743 - 1805 publisher.
Added entry--name
Cadell, Thomas, 1773 - 1836 publisher.
Added entry--name
Davies, William, ? - 1820 publisher.
Added entry--name
Hearne, Thomas, 1678 - 1735 artist.
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Alexander, William, 1767 - 1816 artist.
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Added entry--name
Farington, Joseph, 1747 - 1821 artist.
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Smith, John artist.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B29378