Shelfmark
CS.1357.01 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ie9.5.03 (copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Hb.4.31 (copy 3)
Additional shelfmark
Cl.3.17 (copy 4)
Author
Title
The history of Windsor, and its neighbourhood. / by James Hakewill, architect.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for Edmund Lloyd, 1813.
Physical description
xviii, 359 p., ill., plates (one double-leaf), plans, map ; 33 cm.
Note
Printed by A.J. Valpy (colophon).
Note
Errata p. 352.
Note
List of subscribers.
Provenance
Copies 1 and 3: Bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
Copy 4: Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Copy 1: Single folded leaf (4 p.) tipped in at the front, containing: the bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt; a title page with slight variation in the imprint, reading "London: printed by A. J. Valpy, Tooke's Court, Chancery Lane, for Edmund Lloyd, Harley Street, Cavendish Square, 1813"; a duplicated copy of the dedication page to Henry James, Lord Montague; and a ms. annotation in black ink reading "The Rev. H. H. Baber British Museum Great Russell St."
Provenance
Copy 1: Front flyleaf includes a ms. annotation in black ink reading: "To William Alexander Esq. F.S.A. with the author's compliments"; and an index of illustrations with corresponding page numbers, in pencil signed by "W. A."
Provenance
Copy 1: Prospectus dated July 21st, 1810, pasted on the front pastedown, titled "Proposals for publishing an historical and picturesque description of Windsor, and its neighbourhood", issued by the publisher Edmund Lloyd.
Provenance
Copy 1: Prospectus pasted on the back pastedown for a work of art engraved by Thomas Milton after a painting by Charles John Mayle Whichelo.
Provenance
Copy 2: Bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
Copy 1: 19th century cardboards with paper label on spine; black titling on the spine; unevenly trimmed edges; blank endpapers.
Binding
Copy 2: Late 20th/early 21st-century leather brown half-binding; marbled boards, with gilt double fillet border and gilt decorative border framing marbled boards; five raised bands, framed by gilt double fillet border and gilt decorative border; title, author, and publication date stamped in gold on spine; rebacked by R. L. Day (binder's stamp).
Binding
Copy 3: 19th century green half-binding with green marbled paper covered boards and endpapers, gilt lettering and tooling on spine, five raised bands.
Binding
Copy 4: 19th century gold-tooled calf.
Copy-specific note
Copies 1 and 3: Previous ms. library markings in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Several items loosely inserted, including: ten engraved illustrations of Windsor (castle views, Datchet bridge, and coats of arms); a four-page printed extract about Windsor Castle; a printed list of books published by Edmund Lloyd with pencil annotations; and a handwritten list of places with page numbers in pencil.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Some plates have engraved illustrations pasted on the verso; several pages also include images on India proof paper pasted to the pages, some showing views of Eton College.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Smaller images on India proof paper pasted to the pages.
Subject
Windsor Castle.
Subject
Windsor (Berkshire, England) Description and travel.
Subject
Berkshire (England)
Added entry--name
Valpy, Abraham John, 1787 - 1854 printer.
Added entry--name
Lloyd, Edmund, active 1796 - 1847 publisher.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Day, R. L. binder.
Added entry--name
Baber, Henry Hervey, 1775 - 1869 former owner.
Added entry--name
Alexander, William, 1767 - 1816 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B29381