[Collection of perspective views of the ruins of the most noted abbeys, castles, &c. … / By Samuel and Nathaniel Buck.].
Samuel Buck (1696 – London 1779)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
May 1726 - May 1727
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3122191.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 1 (collections 1-2), plates : ill. ; obl. fol. Pencil notes on front pastedown: "8 vols.", "Buck" and "E". Provenance: Jacobean armorial bookplate (Franks 29285): 'Robert Thompson, Esqr.'. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century half sprinkled calf, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto six raised cords; spine lettered direct (gilt-tooled) with vol. no.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Makers and roles
Samuel Buck (1696 – London 1779), engraver (printmaker)