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Title:: Picturesque views of the principal seats of the nobility and gentry, in England and Wales / by the most eminent British artists : with a description of each seat.
Published / Created:: London : Published as the act directs, by Harrison & Co. No. 18, Paternoster Row, [1786-1788]
Physical Description:: [101] leaves, [100] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Title page is engraved, with a vignette showing the facade of the bookshop of Harrison & Co.
Subject Terms:: Historic buildings -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Historic buildings -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) | Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 -- Binding. | Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 -- Ownership. | Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 -- Ms. notes. | Brown University. Library -- Bookplate. | Harrison & Co. -- Publisher. | Shipperdson, Edward -- Bookplate. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1786-1788.
Form/Genre:: Viewbooks -- Great Britain -- 1786-1788. | Armorial bindings (Provenance) | Armorial bindings (Binding)
Contributors:: Angus, William, 1752-1821, engraver. | Birrell, A., active 1770-1820, engraver. | Ellis, William, 1747-1810, engraver. | Fittler, James, 1758-1835, engraver. | Heath, James, 1757-1834, engraver. | Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century, engraver. | Middiman, Samuel, approximately 1750-1831, engraver. | Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas, -1799, engraver. | Roberts, Henry, approximately 1710-approximately 1790, engraver. | Shepherd, engraver. | Smith, engraver. | Thomas, Walter, engraver, engraver. | Walker, John, active 1784-1802, engraver. | Acklom, A. C., ill. | Burney, Edward Francis, 1760-1848, ill. | Corbould, Richard, 1757-1831, ill. | Cuit, George, 1743-1818, ill. | Dayes, Edward, 1763-1804, ill. | Ellis, William, 1747-1810, ill. | Evans, ill. | Harding, J., ill. | Meheux, John 18th cent., ill. | Malton, Thomas, 1748-1804 ill. | Metz, C. M. (Conrad Martin), 1755-1827, ill. | Nixon, Robert, 1759-1837, ill. | Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818, ill. | Throsby, John, 1740-1803, ill. | Watts, William, 1752-1851, ill. | Walker, William, 1729-1793, ill.