The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county : embellished with engravings

1801-1815

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The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county : embellished with engravings / by John Britton and Edward Wedlake Brayley.
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London : Printed by Thomas Maiden ... for Vernor, Hood & Sharpe [and 6 others], 1801-1815.
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18 v. in 25 : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
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https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9937681613408651
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Notes

Added engraved t.p.s. Title and imprint vary slightly in v. 12-18.
"List of books &c." with each county.
"In the earlier volumes [1-6] the letterpress seems to have been mainly Brayley's, while the general editing ... was Britton's."--DNB (under Britton)
Britton and Brayley "practically withdrew from the undertaking (1814)
Adams, B. London illustrated, 104
BAC DA625 B38 Copy 1: Bookplate of James Frothingham Hunnewell.
BAC DA625 B38 Copy 2: Extra-illustrated and bound in 114 volumes. Volumes 105-114 comprise an extra-illustrated copy of Robert Forsyth's The beauties of Scotland (Edinburgh: Printed for Thomson Bonar ..., 1805-1808).
BAC DA625 B38 Copy 3: Imperfect: Consists only of the volumes on London (v. 10); extra-illustrated and bound in 5 volumes.
Subject Terms

Architecture -- Great Britain. |
Architecture -- Wales. |
Great Britain -- Antiquities. |
Great Britain -- Description and travel. |
Hunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832–1910 -- Bookplate. |
Wales -- Antiquities. |
Wales -- Description and travel.
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Contributors

Angus, William, 1752–1821 | Barenger, M. S. | Bigland, John, 1750–1832 | Birrel, W. | Birrell, A., active 1770–1820 | Bonnor, Thomas | Brayley, E. W. 1773–1854 | Brewer, J. N | Britton, John, 1771–1857 | Burnet, J., 1784–1868 | Burnet, John, 1784–1868 | Busby, Thomas Lord | Byrne, Elizabeth | Byrne, John, 1786–1847 | Byrne, Letitia, 1779–1849 | Comte, Benjamin Rodolph, b. ca. 1760 | Cooke, George, 1781–1834 | Cooke, William Bernard, 1778–1855 | Dauthemare, J. F. | Evans, John, 1812–1861 | Greig, John, active 1803–1853 | Hawkins, W., active 1793–1821 | Hawksworth, Joseph, fl. 1799–1802 | Hay, Frederick Rudolph, 1784– | Hobson, H., active 1814–1822 | Hodgson, John, 1779–1845 | Howlett, Bartholomew, 1767–1827 | Hull, Edward, active 1820–1834 | Laird, Francis Charles | Lands, R. | Lee, Joseph, 1780–1859 | Le Keux, Henry, 1787–1868 | Le Keux, John, 1783–1846 | Lester | Lewis, James, active 1813–1837 | Matthews, T., 1778–1810 | Miller, Keith | Nightingale, Joseph, 1775–1824 | Noble, George, active 18th century-19th century | Noble, Samuel, 1779–1853 | Owen, active 1796–1815 | Pote, C., active 1801–1833 | Powell, J. 1780–ca. 1833 | Pye, Charles, 1777–1864 | Pye, John, 1745– | Radclyffe, William, 1780–1855 | Rawle, S. | Rees, Thomas, 1777–1864 | Robins | Roffe, John, 1769–1850 | Roffe, Richard | Sands, Robert, 1782–1855 | Scott, Robert, 1777–1841 | Shoberl, Frederic, 1775–1853 | Shury, John, active 1818–1849 | Skelton, William, 1763–1848 | Smith, John, -1832 | Smith, Joseph Clarendon, 1778–1810 | Smith, William | Sparrow, Samuel | Stalker, Ebenezer, 1781–1847 | Stewart, James, 1791–1863 | Storer, James, 1771–1853 | Tompkins, J. | Wallis, Robert, 1794–1878 | Watkins, R. | Wise, William, active 1790–1801 | Woolnoth, W
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v. 1. Bedfordshire ; Berkshire ; Buckinghamshire -- v. 2. Cambridgeshire ; Cheshire ; Cornwall -- v. 3. Cumberland ; Isle of Man ; Derbyshire -- v. 4. Devonshire ; Dorsetshire -- v. 5. Durham ; Essex ; Glocester shire -- v. 6. Hampshire ; Isle of Wight ; Herefordshire -- v. 7. Hertf ordshire ; Huntingdonshire ; Kent / by E.W. Brayley -- v. 8. Kent / by E.W. Brayley -- v. 9. Lancashire ; Leicestershire ; Lincolnshire / by J . Britton -- v. 10. Middlesex / by E.W. Brayley, J. Nightingale, J.N. B rewer (5 v.) -- v. 11. Monmouthshire ; Norfolk ; Northamptonshire / by J. Evans and J. Britton -- v. 12. pt. 1. Northumberland / by J. Hodgson . Nottinghamshire / by F.C. Laird -- v. 12. pt. 2. Oxfordshire / by J.N . Brewer. Rutlandshire / by F.C. Laird -- v. 13. pt. 1. Shropshire ; Somersetshire -- v. 13. pt. 2. Somersetshire ; Staffordshire /by J. Nightingale -- v. 14. Suffolk ; Surrey ; Sussex / by F. Shoberl -- v. 15. pt . 1. Wiltshire / by J. Britton -- v. 15. pt. 2. Warwickshire / by F.C. Laird -- v. 16. Yorkshire / by J. Bigland -- v. 17. North Wales / by J. Evans -- v. 18. South Wales / by T. Rees

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