Britannia illustrata: . or, Perspective views of the royal palaces, and several of the most noted houses and gardens belonging to the nobility and gentry of England; as drawn on the spot, by I. Knyff, and etched by I. Kyp, on 79 plates. = Britannia illustrata: ou Description exacte des palais du Roy, et des maisons & jardins les plus considerables des seigneurs et gentilhommes de l'Angleterre. Le tout designes sur les lieux par I. Knyff, et engravee par I. Kyp, en 79 plances.
Johannes Kip (Amsterdam c.1653 – Westminster 1722)
Category
Books
Date
1764 - 1792
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3051975
Summary
Bibliographic description
80 [i.e. 160] double leaves of plates . chiefly ill.. . fol... Identified in 1768 catalogue: M.1 (9 in later hand).. Provenance: Bookplate: George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841. Pencil manuscript (partially erased) on front fly-leaf: "P. Stamford" [i.e. Lady Penelope Grey (1865-1959)].. Binding: Nineteenth-century quarter-bound cloth boards; gold-tooled spine.
Makers and roles
Johannes Kip (Amsterdam c.1653 – Westminster 1722) Leendert Knijff (Haarlem 1650 – London 1721)