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Title:: The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county : embellished with engravings / by John Britton and Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Published / Created:: London : Printed by Thomas Maiden ... for Vernor, Hood & Sharpe [and 6 others], 1801-1815.
Physical Description:: 18 v. in 25 : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Related Content:: View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3768161
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Added engraved t.p.s. Title and imprint vary slightly in v. 12-18.
Contents:: v. 1. Bedfordshire ; Berkshire ; Buckinghamshire -- v. 2. Cambridgeshire ; Cheshire ; Cornwall -- v. 3. Cumberland ; Isle of Man ; Derbyshire -- v. 4. Devonshire ; Dorsetshire -- v. 5. Durham ; Essex ; Glocester shire -- v. 6. Hampshire ; Isle of Wight ; Herefordshire -- v. 7. Hertf ordshire ; Huntingdonshire ; Kent / by E.W. Brayley -- v. 8. Kent / by E.W. Brayley -- v. 9. Lancashire ; Leicestershire ; Lincolnshire / by J . Britton -- v. 10. Middlesex / by E.W. Brayley, J. Nightingale, J.N. B rewer (5 v.) -- v. 11. Monmouthshire ; Norfolk ; Northamptonshire / by J. Evans and J. Britton -- v. 12. pt. 1. Northumberland / by J. Hodgson . Nottinghamshire / by F.C. Laird -- v. 12. pt. 2. Oxfordshire / by J.N . Brewer. Rutlandshire / by F.C. Laird -- v. 13. pt. 1. Shropshire ; Somersetshire -- v. 13. pt. 2. Somersetshire ; Staffordshire /by J. Nightingale -- v. 14. Suffolk ; Surrey ; Sussex / by F. Shoberl -- v. 15. pt . 1. Wiltshire / by J. Britton -- v. 15. pt. 2. Warwickshire / by F.C. Laird -- v. 16. Yorkshire / by J. Bigland -- v. 17. North Wales / by J. Evans -- v. 18. South Wales / by T. Rees
Subject Terms:: Great Britain -- Description and travel. | Great Britain -- Antiquities. | Architecture -- Great Britain. | Wales -- Description and travel. | Wales -- Antiquities. | Architecture -- Wales. | Hunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832-1910 -- Bookplate. | Maiden, Thomas -- Printer. | Vernor, Hood & Sharpe -- Publisher. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1801-1815.
Form/Genre:: Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Contributors:: Brewer, J. N. (James Norris) | Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773-1854. | Britton, John, 1771-1857. | Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853. | Nightingale, Joseph, 1775-1824. | Hodgson, John, 1779-1845. | Laird, Francis Charles. | Bigland, John, 1750-1832. | Evans, John, 1812-1861. | Rees, Thomas, 1777-1864. | Cooke, George, 1781-1834, engraver. | Angus, William, 1752-1821, engraver. | Greig, John, active 1803-1853, engraver. | Roffe, John, 1769-1850, engraver. | Powell, J. (John), 1780-ca. 1833, engraver. | Woolnoth, W. (William), engraver. | Owen, active 1796-1815, engraver. | Storer, James, 1771-1853, engraver. | Hull, Edward, active 1820-1834, engraver. | Hawkins, W., active 1793-1821, engraver. | Comte, Benjamin Rodolph, b. ca. 1760, engraver. | Smith, John, -1832, engraver. | Hawksworth, Joseph, fl. 1799-1802, engraver. | Noble, Samuel, 1779-1853, engraver. | Byrne, John, 1786-1847, engraver. | Scott, Robert, 1777-1841, engraver. | Hay, Frederick Rudolph, 1784- engraver. | Bonnor, Thomas, engraver. | Birrel, W., engraver. | Tompkins, J., engraver. | Roffe, Richard, engraver. | Stewart, James, 1791-1863, engraver. | Burnet, John, 1784-1868, engraver. | Sparrow, Samuel, engraver. | Smith, Joseph Clarendon, 1778-1810, engraver. | Busby, Thomas Lord, engraver. | Pye, John, 1745- engraver. | Radclyffe, William, 1780-1855, engraver. | Lands, R., engraver. | Sands, Robert, 1782-1855, engraver. | Rawle, S., engraver. | Miller, Keith, engraver. | Byrne, Elizabeth, engraver. | Cooke, William Bernard, 1778-1855, engraver. | Stalker, Ebenezer, 1781-1847, engraver. | Birrell, A., active 1770-1820, engraver. | Hobson, H., active 1814-1822, engraver. | Matthews, T., engraver, 1778-1810, engraver. | Le Keux, Henry, 1787-1868, engraver. | Lewis, James, active 1813-1837, engraver. | Wallis, Robert, 1794-1878, engraver.ver. | Burnet, J., 1784-1868, engraver. | Watkins, R., engraver.55, engraver. | Shury, John, active 1818-1849, engraver. | Le Keux, John, 1783-1846, engraver. | Lee, Joseph, 1780-1859, engraver. | Byrne, Letitia, 1779-1849, engraver.-1855, engraver. | Pote, C., active 1801-1833, engraver. | Lester, engraver. | Noble, George, active 18th century-19th century. | Skelton, William, 1763-1848, engraver. | Wise, William, active 1790-1801, engraver. | Howlett, Bartholomew, 1767-1827, engraver. | Dauthemare, J. F., engraver. | Barenger, M. S., engraver. | Robins, engraver. | Smith, William, engraver. | Pye, Charles, 1777-1864, engraver.