Collection of engravings of castles and abbeys in England

Collection of engravings of castles and abbeys in England

Full title: To the Nobility, Clergy and Gentry, who were the generous promoters & encouragers of this work by subscription, this collection of XXIV perspective views of the ruins of ye most noted abbeys & castles in the County of York, etc., is greatfully inscrib'd their most oblig'd humble servt., Samuel [and Nathaniel] Buck.

Buck, Samuel, 1696-1779

[London] : From ye Golden Buck Warwickstreet, near Goldensquare, May 1726

1726-1739

14 parts : plates, illustrations ; 31 x 48 cm.

Issued annually to total 14 parts of 24 plates each, each part having engraved cover sheet with contents, list of subscribers and advertisement Each part except the final one is dated on the subscribers list, and the date of the final part is taken from the plates. The imprint is taken from the first subscribers list. Title page not called for. Local note:Oblong folio, vellum-backed marbled boards, completely uncut and thus in the tallest possible state. A bound collection from the first 9 parts; 216 plates in all. Table of Contents: 1. York (1726) 2. Lincoln, Nottingham (1727) 3. Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire (1728) 4. Durham, Northumberland (1729) 5. Oxford, Warwick, Northampton (1730) 6. Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutlandshire (1731) 7. Shropshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire (1732) 8. Barkshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Monmouthshire (1733) 9. Somersetshire, Dorseshire, Hampshire (1734)

Purchased on Schulich-Woolf fund.

Buck, Nathaniel. author

English

Folio DA620 .B83 1726, ESTC, T139231