[Collection of perspective views of the ruins of the most noted abbeys, castles, &c. ...
Samuel Buck (1696 – London 1779)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1726 - 1739
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3122190
Summary
Bibliographic description
14 collections, plates . ill.. . obl.fol... Bound as 3 volumes. Subscriber's copy: Viscount Tyrconnel in subscription list for each Collection. Vol. 1 contains Collections 1-4; vol. 2 = Collections 5-7 and 12-13; vol. 3 = Collections 14 and 8-11 (also Wales Part 1). Vol. 1 also has 6 'prospects' of northern towns by Buck (dated 1722-28); vol. 3 has 10 'prospects' of Thames-side towns and others (dated 1729) and 4 plates of Ispahan by Kip; vol. 3 has 7 'prospects' of East Anglian towns. In vol. 1, Collection 2 is bound bewteen the subscription list and the plates for Collection [1]); both these Collections have plates bound out of order. Previously S.106.33-35. Provenance: Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel (armorial); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on pastedowns: Q/4. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf, double gilt fillet borders. Spines gilt; spine-labels 'Buck's View's Vol: I[-III]'. Uniform with 'vol. IV' which has parts 2-3 of 'Wales'.
Makers and roles
Samuel Buck (1696 – London 1779) Nathaniel Buck (c.1724 - after 1753)