Shelfmark
Hb.4.34
Author
Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769 - 1843 (William Henry),
Title
The history of the royal residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore. / By W. H. Pyne. Illustrated by one hundred highly finished and coloured engravings, fac-similes of original drawings by the most eminent artists.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for A. Dry, 36, Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square; and sold by the principal booksellers in the United Kingdom. L. Harrison, printer, 373, Strand, 1819.
Physical description
ii, 188 p., chiefly col. ill., plates; 35 cm.
Note
Hand-coloured aquatint plates.
Note
Drawings, dated 1816-19, by Mackenzie, Nash, Pugin, Stephanoff, and others, ODNB.
Note
One hundred hand coloured aquatint plates, including fifty-nine plates are after C. Wild, twenty-five after J. Stephanoff, nine after R. Cattermole, six after W. Westall, and one after G. Samuel, of which thirty-six are engraved by T. Sutherland, twenty-three by W.J. Bennett, twenty-eight by R. Reeve, eleven by D. Havell, and two by J. Bailey.
Note
Title, statement of responsibility and publication information obtained from Oxford University libraries catalogue.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Binding
19th century green half-binding with marbled paper covered boards and endpapers, gilt lettering and tooling on spine, five raised bands.
Copy-specific note
Library has Windsor Castle part of vol. 1 only. Lacking title page.
Subject
Architecture England History
Subject
Historic buildings England
Subject
Windsor Castle
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Harrison, L. printer.
Added entry--name
Dry, A publisher.
Added entry--place
England London
Identifier
B29385