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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Title(s):: 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.
Published/Created:: London : Printed by Thomas Maiden ... for Vernor, Hood & Sharpe [and 6 others], 1801-1815.
Physical Description:: 18 v. in 25 : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA625 B38 Copy 1
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Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3768161
Classification:: Books
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.
Form/Genre:: Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Contributors:: Brewer, J. N. (James Norris)
Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773–1854.
Britton, John, 1771–1857.
Shoberl, Frederic, 1775–1853.
Nightingale, Joseph, 1775–1824.
Hodgson, John, 1779–1845.
Laird, Francis Charles.
Bigland, John, 1750–1832.
Evans, John, 1812–1861.
Rees, Thomas, 1777–1864.
Cooke, George, 1781–1834, engraver.
Angus, William, 1752–1821, engraver.
Greig, John, active 1803–1853, engraver.
Roffe, John, 1769–1850, engraver.
Powell, J. (John), 1780–ca. 1833, engraver.
Woolnoth, W. (William), engraver.
Owen, active 1796–1815, engraver.
Storer, James, 1771–1853, engraver.
Hull, Edward, active 1820–1834, engraver.
Hawkins, W., active 1793–1821, engraver.
Comte, Benjamin Rodolph, b. ca. 1760, engraver.
Smith, John, -1832, engraver.
Hawksworth, Joseph, fl. 1799–1802, engraver.
Noble, Samuel, 1779–1853, engraver.
Byrne, John, 1786–1847, engraver.
Scott, Robert, 1777–1841, engraver.
Hay, Frederick Rudolph, 1784– engraver.
Bonnor, Thomas, engraver.
Birrel, W., engraver.
Tompkins, J., engraver.
Roffe, Richard, engraver.
Stewart, James, 1791–1863, engraver.
Burnet, John, 1784–1868, engraver.
Sparrow, Samuel, engraver.
Smith, Joseph Clarendon, 1778–1810, engraver.
Busby, Thomas Lord, engraver.
Pye, John, 1745– engraver.
Radclyffe, William, 1780–1855, engraver.
Lands, R., engraver.
Sands, Robert, 1782–1855, engraver.
Rawle, S., engraver.
Miller, Keith, engraver.
Byrne, Elizabeth, engraver.
Cooke, William Bernard, 1778–1855, engraver.
Stalker, Ebenezer, 1781–1847, engraver.
Birrell, A., active 1770–1820, engraver.
Hobson, H., active 1814–1822, engraver.
Matthews, T., engraver, 1778–1810, engraver.
Le Keux, Henry, 1787–1868, engraver.
Lewis, James, active 1813–1837, engraver.
Wallis, Robert, 1794–1878, engraver.ver.
Burnet, J., 1784–1868, engraver.
Watkins, R., engraver.55, engraver.
Shury, John, active 1818–1849, engraver.
Le Keux, John, 1783–1846, engraver.
Lee, Joseph, 1780–1859, engraver.
Byrne, Letitia, 1779–1849, engraver.-1855, engraver.
Pote, C., active 1801–1833, engraver.
Lester, engraver.
Noble, George, active 18th century-19th century.
Skelton, William, 1763–1848, engraver.
Wise, William, active 1790–1801, engraver.
Howlett, Bartholomew, 1767–1827, engraver.
Dauthemare, J. F., engraver.
Barenger, M. S., engraver.
Robins, engraver.
Smith, William, engraver.
Pye, Charles, 1777–1864, engraver.
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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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