Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. : From drawings / by J. P. Neale. ...
John Preston Neale (Tattingstone 1780 - 1847)
Category
Books
Date
1818 - 1823
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3083404
Summary
Bibliographic description
6 v. : ill. ; 4to. Bound as a set with Neale's "Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland … Second series" (London, 1824-1829). Bookseller's pencil note and price on front free endpaper verso of vol. 1: "Large Paper / Fine Copy / 11 vols complete / 18/10/0". Ephemera: tipped in clipping in vol. 1 from bookdealer's catalogue describing another copy, with marginal pencil note "Grant Decr 1893". Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Historic shelfmark on rear free endpaper in vol. 2: "D.2". Binding: Nineteenth-century full brown morocco; gilt fillets and rolls to form an outer border; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt tooled spines, lettered direct: 'Neale's Seats' and 'I[-VI]'; triple gilt fillet on board edges and turn-ins; gilt textblock edges; green endpapers.
Makers and roles
John Preston Neale (Tattingstone 1780 - 1847), original artist Thomas Moule (London 1785 - London 1851), author