Britannia illustrata: . or perspective views of the royal palaces, and several of the most noted houses and gardens belong to the nobility and gentry of England; as drawn on the spot, by I. Knyff, and etched by I. Kip, 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 lieu par I. Knyff, et engravee par I. Kyp, en 79 planches.
Johannes Kip (Amsterdam c.1653 – Westminster 1722)
Category
Books
Date
1749
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3141863
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4]p., 2-80 plates . ill.. . fol.. Provenance: manuscript inscription: "R.W. 10/"; Eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, Curzon impaling Colyear, signed 'P. Mazell': 'Recte et Suaviter' (Franks 7705 2nd state- fine text) [Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) m. 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear]. Binding: Eighteenth-century half leather binding; marbled paper over boards; six raised bands; spine label gilt lettered: "Britan. Illust.".
Makers and roles
Johannes Kip (Amsterdam c.1653 – Westminster 1722) Leendert Knijff (Haarlem 1650 – London 1721)