Book
Category
Books
Date
1777 - 1802
Materials
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3246456.3
Summary
Bound volume of "The copper-plate magazine" (vol. 5) (London, 1800-1802) and Sandby's "A collection of landscapes" (London, 1772) with an additional set of 9 unsigned, uncaptioned prints (other views by Sandby?) bound at end of volume, numbered in pencil (with 2 copies each of plates 6-8 of the set).
Bibliographic description
Shelved and uniform with: Angus' "The seats of the nobility and gentry ... " (London, 1787-1815), "The copper-plate magazine" (vols. 1-4) (London, 1792-1800), 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). Provenance: pencil initials on rear 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 'Copperplate mag. and Sandby V. VI.'; double gilt fillet on board edges; triple gilt fillet on turn-ins; gilt textblock edges.