The Curiosities and Beauties of England Displayed NEWMAN Frederick Publisher: Alex Hogg Publish Year: 0 Publish Place: LOndon: (no 16,) Paternoster-Row Illustrator: RYLEY [Charles Reuben] 1752?-1798 Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 007909 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 1st Edition Inscription: Unknown £450 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information An uncommon item not in the usual Bibliographies With Two Hundred and Eighty Views, c1795, First edition, in half calf over red marbled boards, some blind tooling. Spine, raised bands, blind & ink tooling, gilt titles to red calf labels. Internally, frontis (blank corner torn), [4], [1], 2-42 pp, thereafter not paginated but 224 leaves of text, 280 views on 105 plates, some offsetting & spotting, not dated but frontis 1795, new endpapers. Originally published in parts, and bound in no logical sequence. (388*247 mm). Not listed at ESTC. (Avery AH43A116). Title continues; Containing the most copious and complete historical descriptions of ... public edifices, royal palaces, abbeys, castles ... and other miscellaneous curiosities and beauties ... of England and Wales. To which will be added, select historical descriptions ... of ... curiosities in Scotland and Ireland. Embellished ... with above three hundred ... views ... Collected and ... arranged for publication.....
