Shelfmark
Ib2.5.01
Additional shelfmark
Ib2.5.02
Additional shelfmark
Ib2.5.03
Author
Uniform title
[History and antiquities of Windsor Castle. Selections.]
Title
Les delices de Windsore; or, a description of Windsor Castle,and the country adjacent, treating, I. Of the Castle. II. Of the Royal Appartments and the Paintings therein. III. Of the Chaple of St. George. IV. Of the Order of the Garter. V. Of the Town and Forest of Windsor, the Parks, and Villages in the Neighbourhood. With two views of the castle, and other cutts. To which is added an appendix, containing the ceremonies of installation of a knight of the Garter in St. George's Chapel.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton : Printed by Joseph, and Thomas Pote, 1755.
Physical description
[8], 140, [4] p. : front., ill., 3 plates ; 16 cm. (12mo)
Note
Dedication signed Jos. Pote.
Note
Extracted from "The history and antiquities of Windsor Castle".
Note
Two final leaves of advertisements.
Note
Below imprint in square brackets: price Two Shillings, neatly bound.
Note
Plates signed: "R. Benning".
Citation/references note
ESTC, T65426
Provenance
[Ib1.5.52] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
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[Ib1.5.52] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
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[Ib1.5.52] Label of Clerks' Club Library (14, henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C.) on frontispiece verso.
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[Ib1.5.52] Ms. inscription on frontispiece verso: "E S ?Shuckby L".
Provenance
[Ib1.5.52] Ms. inscription on rear flyleaf: "Charles Lockhart".
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[Ib1.5.52] Damaged ms. inscription on rear flyleaf: "Charlotte ?Hopgood her book. Mary ... Hopgood her sister and Sarah Jane her sister and Matilda and Jemima and ?Elaine and phebe".
Provenance
[Ib1.5.53] Armorial bookplate of John Richards Junior, F.S.A. with a motto: Honore et amore.
Provenance
[Ib1.5.53] Eton College bookplate.
Provenance
[Ib1.5.53] Ms. inscription in pencil on front endpaper; "d d E ?Wane 1901".
Provenance
[Ib1.5.54] Ms. inscription on front flyleaf: "1844 C/B ?Everson".
Provenance
[Ib1.5.54] Name ms. inscription on title page dated March 1763.
Binding
[Ib1.5.52] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ib1.5.53] 18th century brown calf binding; double gold tooled fillet around the perimeter; blue sprinkled edges; rebacked in ?19th century calf.
Binding
[Ib1.5.54] 18th century brown calf binding; double gold tooled fillet around the perimeter; brown sprinkled edges; rebacked in ?20th century calf.
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.53] Ms. inscription in pencil on front endpaper: "Etoniana 1755 copy 2".
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.53] Imperfect copy: frontispiece and plates wanting.
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.52] Imperfect copy: 2 plates wanting.
Subject
Windsor (Berkshire, England) Early works to 1800.
Subject
Windsor Castle History Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Pote, Joseph, 1704 - 1787 printer.
Added entry--name
Pote, Thomas, 1733 - 1794 bookseller, printer.
Added entry--name
Benning, R. etcher.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--place
England Eton.
Identifier
B9861