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].
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.
| Uniform Title: | Britannia illustrata.
French |
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| Language: | French |
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Londres [London] :
Chez Joseph Smith, marchand libraire proche d'Exeter Exchange, à l'enseigne d'Inigo Jones, dans le Strand,
MDCCXXIV [1724]
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| 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 |
| Summary: |
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. |
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| Note: | Main entry from English short title catalogue. Pagination: Volume 1: [12] pages, 80 [i.e. 81] leaves of plates; volume 2: [4] pages, 70 leaves of plates; volume 3: [2], 24, 9, [1] pages, [53] leaves of plates (some folded); volume 4: [2], 13, [1] pages, [61] leaves of plates (some folded). Many leaves of plates are double plates. Volume 3: Text in double columns, with English on left and French on right. Title pages printed in red and black. The title page to volume 3 reads: "Nouveau theatre de la Grande Bretagne : ou Description exacte des archevechez & evechez d'Angleterre ...", and also has a preliminary engraved titlepage, dated 1719, reading: "Ecclesiarum Angliae et Valliae prospectus, or Views of all the cathedrals in England and Wales ... = Veues de toutes les cathedrales d'Angleterre & du pais de Galles ... / J. Cole sculp." The title page to volume 4 reads: "Nouveau theatre de la Grande Bretagne : ou Description exacte des villes, palais du Roy, ports de mer, &c. du dit royaume ..." Signatures: Volume 1: [A]² B-C²; volume 2: [A]² B²; volume 3: [A]²(-[A]2?) B-G² ²A² ²B⁴(-B4); volume 4: [A]² B-D²; Volume 4: Leaf [A]2 mis-signed as B. Most plates engraved by Joannes Kip after Leonard Knyff; some plates both designed and engraved by Kip; other artists include Thomas Sadler, junior, J. Badeslade, James Collins, John Harris, Robert Ingish(?), Mark Anthony Hauduroy, James Lightbody, William Lodge, David Loggin, T. Badeslade, Wm. van Hagen, "the Lady of ye seat" (likely Margaret Weld, wife of Humphrey Weld of Lulworth Castle), I. Sailmaker, H. Blundel, Joseph Smith, T. Kirkpatrick, Richard Collins, senior, and Robert Whitehand; other engravers include James Collins, John Harris, John Sturt, James Simon, H. Terasson, Sutton Nicholls, Pierce Tempest, David Loggan, Henry Hulsberg, Jacobus Schijnvoet, Joseph Smith, R. White, A. d'Putter, William Emmett, David Lockley, and James Hulett; some plates have at foot: Printed & sold by Tho. Bowles print & map seller next to ye Chapter House in St Pauls Church Yard London; some plates include: Printed and sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate; plate illustrating the Royal Exchange has at foot: Sold by Thomas Taylor at ye Golden Lyon near ye Horn-Tavern in Fleetstreet London : Sold by Sutton Nicholls against the George Inn in Aldersgate-Street London; some plates have at foot: Sold by Thomas Taylor [...] : likewise sold by Robt. Hulton at ye corner of Pall-mall over agianst ye Hay-Market in [sic]; plate illustrating the church of St Dunstan has at foot: a Amsterdam, chez le veuve de P. Mortier; some plates unsigned or signed illegibly. Some plates re-used from earlier works; some plates variously dated 1700, 1713, 1714, 1717, 1719, 1720, 1721. Engraved vignette of British royal arms on title page of volume 1 signed: H. Hulsbergh fecit; engraved vignette of St Paul's Cathedral on title page of volume 3 signed: H. Hulsbergh fecit; title ornaments; head-pieces (some typographical); tail-pieces; decorative borders (some typographical); initials; initial borders. Volume 3, leaf G2v: Books printed for, and sold by J. Smith, in Exeter-Exchange, London. |
| Call Number: | DA660 .K56 1724 XX oversize |
| References: |
English short title catalogue ; T093540 |
| Place of Publication: | England -- London. |