Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, Etc. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England; Accompanied With Historical Descriptions of the Mansions, Lists of Pictures, Statues, Etc. and Genealogical Sketches of the Families, of Their Possessors: Forming Part of the General Series of Jones' Great Britain Illustrated.

Neale, John Preston

Verlag: Jones & Co, London, 1829

Beschreibung

Bound in 3/4 navy leather and marble illustrated paper boards, 4 raised bands on spine, gilt lettering and design on spine; marble illustrated end papers; bw engraved title page; majority is unpaginated; 104 pages of engravings with two engravings per page. Each engraving is accompanied by a descriptive text page. Includes 208 etchings of various castles and mansions throughout Great Britain, second series comprising the Western Counties. Counties including: Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffold, Warwickshire, Westmoreland, Worcestershire, Yorkshire. Good (overall wear to boards, light foxing and age toning throughout, several areas of pencil notations, the plate with "Compton Verney" and "Offchurch" has dampstaining to top corner, otherwise text and engravings are clear and fairly clean. It appears all pages and plates are present as each engraving has a descriptive text page matching). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 189917

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles...

Verlag: Jones & Co, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1829

Einband: Hardcover