[With second series].
London, For the Proprietors by W. H. Reid [-Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper], 1818-1829.
The definitive record of stately homes built in Britain during the last part of the eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth century.
John Preston Neale (1771-1847): After starting his career as a postal-worker, he became a noted water-colourist and oil painter and architectural draughtsman exhibiting at the Royal Academy (DNB).
11 vol., 4to. 285 by 228mm (11¼ by 9 inches), first and Second Series, 11 additional engraved titles, 719 engraved plates (of 722), all on india-proof paper mounted, several woodcut vignettes, intermittent foxing, mostly light, contemporary half morocco gilt, all edges gilt, a bit rubbed, abrasions to extremities, otherwise a very handsome set. Height: 30 cm Overall width of set: 43 cm
John Preston Neale (1771-1847): After starting his career as a postal-worker, he became a noted water-colourist and oil painter and architectural draughtsman exhibiting at the Royal Academy (DNB).
11 vol., 4to. 285 by 228mm (11¼ by 9 inches), first and Second Series, 11 additional engraved titles, 719 engraved plates (of 722), all on india-proof paper mounted, several woodcut vignettes, intermittent foxing, mostly light, contemporary half morocco gilt, all edges gilt, a bit rubbed, abrasions to extremities, otherwise a very handsome set. Height: 30 cm Overall width of set: 43 cm
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