Britannia illustrata . or views of several of the Queens palaces as also of the principal seats of the nobility and gentry of Great Britain curiously engraven on 80 copper plates.
Johannes Kip (Amsterdam c.1653 – Westminster 1722)
Category
Books
Date
1709
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3149923
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2]p., 80 plates . ill. . fol.. Provenance: Eighteenth-century mantle Harpur armorial bookplate, with italtic inscription: "Sr. Henry Harpur Bart" [i.e. Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet, (1708-1748)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled leather binding; gilt border and double panel, with gilt stamped cornerpieces; spine blind ruled and blind lettered.
Makers and roles
Johannes Kip (Amsterdam c.1653 – Westminster 1722) Leendert Knijff (Haarlem 1650 – London 1721)