Nouveau theát̂re de la Grande Bretagne : ou Description exacte des palaix du Roy, et des maisons les plus considerable des seigneurs & des gentilshommes du dit royaume : le tout dessiné sur les lieux, & gravé sur 80 planches où l'on voit aussi les armes des seigneurs & des gentilshommes auxquels elles appartiennent : tome premier[-quatrième].

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French edition of Britannia illustrata, first published in London in 1707. Includes dozens of engravings of royal palaces, seats of the nobility, cityscapes, cathedrals, churches, and other buildings of note.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Britannia illustrata. French
Main Author: Kip, Johannes, 1653-1722 (Engraver, Artist)
Other Authors: Knyff, Leonard, 1650-1721 (Artist)
Smith, Joseph, active 1697-1732 (Bookseller, Artist, Engraver)
Bowles, Thomas, -1721 (Printer)
Overton, Henry, 1675 or 1676-1751 (Printer)
Taylor, Thomas, active 1670-1730
Badeslade, J. (Artist)
Kirkpatrick, Thomas (Artist)
Whitehand, Robert (Artist)
Collins, Richard, -1732 (Artist)
Lodge, William, 1649-1689 (Artist)
Loggan, David, 1635-1700? (Artist, Engraver)
Badeslade, Thomas (Artist)
Hulsberg, Henry, -1729 (Engraver)
Lockley, David, active 1719-1728 (Engraver)
Hulett, James, -1771 (Engraver)
Cole, John, active 1720 (Engraver)
Harris, John, active 1680-1739 or 1740 (Engraver)
Sturt, John, 1658-1730 (Engraver)
Terasson, H. (Engraver)
Nicholls, Sutton (Engraver)
Tempest, Pierce, 1653-1717 (Engraver)
Schijnvoet, Jacobus, active 1704-1733 (Engraver)
Language:French
Published: Londres [London] : Chez Joseph Smith, marchand libraire proche d'Exeter Exchange, à l'enseigne d'Inigo Jones, dans le Strand, MDCCXXIV [1724]
Subjects:
Palaces > Great Britain > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800.
Manors > Great Britain > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800.
Architecture, Domestic > England > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800.
England > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800.
Scotland > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800.
Booksellers' advertisements > England > London > 18th century.
Booksellers' advertisements.
Armorial bookplates > England > 18th century.
Armorial bookplates.
Inscriptions > England > 18th century.
Inscriptions.
Genre:
Pictorial works
Early works to 1800.
Booksellers' advertisements
Booksellers' advertisements.
Armorial bookplates
Armorial bookplates.
Inscriptions
Inscriptions.
Ownership and Custodial History:
Engraved armorial bookplate, signed "RM," on front paste-down of each volume: Sr Philip Monoux Bart, Sandy; inscription on title page of each volume (partially obliterated in volume 4): John Blaxland[?].
Local Note:
MSU: Volume 3 lacking general letterpress title page.
Binding Information:
Bound uniformly in full contemporary calf; boards tooled and stamped in blind; spine tooled and stamped in gilt; outer edges tooled in gilt; gilt lettering on spine; modern library label with manuscript call number on spine.
Physical Description:4 volumes, plates : illustrations, plans, coats of arms ; 52 cm (folio)
Variant Title:
Description exacte des palaix du Roy, et des maisons les plus considerable des seigneurs & des gentilshommes du dit royaume
Description exacte des archevechez & evechez d'Angleterre
Ecclesiarum Angliae et Valliae prospectus
Views of all the cathedrals in England and Wales
Veues de toutes les cathedrales d'Angleterre & du pais de Galles
Description exacte des villes, palais du Roy, ports de mer, &c. du dit royaume
Format: Book

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