The seats of the nobility and gentry, : in a collection of the most interesting & picturesque views, / engraved by W. Watts, from drawings by the most eminent artists. With descriptions of each view.
William Watts (London 1752 - Cobham 1851)
Category
Books
Date
1800
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3246483
Summary
Bibliographic description
[85] leaves, [1], LXXXIV leaves of plates ; obl. 4to. Index leaf bound directly after title page. Pencil number "257" on front free endpaper verso. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on second front free endpaper: "I:B: Clifton" and (at head of page): "4th Oct 1821." Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Early nineteenth-century full red straight-grained morocco; gilt and blind rolled panel design on boards; sewn onto three recessed cords; gilt tooled spine, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Watt's Views'; gilt rolled corners of boards edges; gilt rolled turn-ins; gilt textblock edges.
Makers and roles
William Watts (London 1752 - Cobham 1851), engraver (printmaker)