Blore, Thomas, 1764-1818, A guide to Burghley House, Northamptonshire, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter , 1815
- Title(s):
- A guide to Burghley House, Northamptonshire, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter : containing a catalogue of all the paintings, antiquities, &c. : with biographical notices of the artists.
- Additional Title(s):
- Guide to Burghley House, in Northamptonshire, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter
- Published/Created:
- Stamford : Printed and published by John Drakard, High Street : and sold by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy : and Nichols and Son, in London, 1815.
- Physical Description:
- x, 292, [4] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA664.B8 B5 1815 Copy 1 OversizeView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/181202
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- With an added engraved title page: A guide to Burghley House, in Northamptonshire, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter.
Engravings by Henry William Burgess, John Greig, R. Penny, and James Storer; after Edward Blore and Henry William Burgess.
Index to the portraits: p. [1]-[4] at end.
Authorship ascribed by Halkett & Laing.
Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous publications in the English language (3rd ed.), v. II, p. 417
Holmes, M. Country house described, p. 55
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is a large paper copy. Bound in contemporary red quarter morocco and brown boards. Frontispiece, Burgley House, near Stamford, repeated as plate. Lacks plate with title Burghley Lodge. Includes publisher's advertisements, [2] pages at end.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is bound in contemporary calf with marbled boards (22 cm). Lacks added engraved title page. Bookplate: Rupert Gunnis. Inscription: N.B. More [illegible]. Lacks ground plan of Burghley House and reference to the plan included in copy 1. Lacks publisher's advertisment present at end of copy 1.
BAC: British Art Center copy 3 is bound in publisher's original brown printed paper covered boards (24 cm). Publisher's advertisements printed on back cover. Lacks added engraved title page. With publisher's advertisement [2] p. at end. Bound by John Davies, Bookseller, etc. Shewsbury. Lacks ground plan of Burghley House and reference to the plan included in copy 1. - Subject Terms:
- Antiques -- Private collections -- England -- Stamford -- Catalogs.Art -- Private collections -- England -- Stamford -- Catalogs.Burghley House (Stamford, England) -- Catalogs.Burghley House (Stamford, England) -- Guidebooks.Country houses -- England -- Stamford.Davies, John -- Bookbinder.Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.More, N.B. -- Autograph.Painting -- Private collections -- England -- Stamford -- Catalogs.
- Form/Genre:
- Engravings -- 1815.
Genealogies.
Guidebooks.
Publisher's advertisements. - Export:
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- Burghley House, near Stamford
- The Lodges
- Pedigree of the Marquis of Exeter
- Ground plans of Burghley House. Reference to the plan.
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