The seats of the nobility and gentry, : in Great Britain and Wales in a collection of select views, / engraved by W. Angus. From pictures and drawings by the most eminent artists. With descriptions of each view.
William Angus (1752-1821)
Category
Books
Date
1787 - 1815
Materials
Place of origin
Islington
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3246455
Summary
Bibliographic description
[128] p., [1], lxiii leaves of plates ; obl. 4to. Shelved and uniform with "The copper-plate magazine" (vols. 1-5) (London, 1792-1802), bound with Sandby's "A collection of landscapes" (London, 1777), Sandby's "The virtuosi's museum … " (London, 1778), "Picturesque views of the principal seats of the nobility and gentry, in England and Wales" (London, [1788]), Watts' "The seats of nobility and gentry ... " ([London], 1779-[1786]), Milton's "Select views in Ireland ... " (London, 1821), bound with "A collection of views ... in North Wales" (London, 1792) and Middiman's "Select views in Great Britain" (London, [1813?]), bound with Watts' "Select views of the principal buildings ... in the cities of Bath and Bristol ... " (London, 1819). With guardleaves to plates. Provenance: pencil initials on front pastedown: "C W H". 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: Nineteenth-century full green morocco; gilt fillets and roll to form a border; sewn onto five recessed cords; five false bands; spine gilt, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Views in Gt. Britain' and 'Angus's Seats' ; double gilt fillet on board edges; triple gilt fillet on turn-ins; gilt textblock edges.
Makers and roles
William Angus (1752-1821), engraver (printmaker)