Views Of The Seats Of Noblemen And Gentlemen, In England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. By J. P. Neale. Second Series. Vol. I (-V).

John Preston Neale

RA Collection: Book

Record number

21/556

Author

Imprint

London: Published By Sherwood, Jones, And Co. Paternoster-Row ; And Thomas Moule, Duke-Street, Grosvenor-Square, 1824 (-1829)

Physical Description

5 vols. 305 mm.

General Note

First issued in 60 monthly parts between March 1824 and September 1829. The titlepage of Vol. I bears the imprint of Sherwood, Jones, And Co., Paternoster-Row; and Thomas Moule, Duke-Street, Grosvenor-Square; but the second volume states the publishers were Sherwood, Jones, And Co., Paternoster-Row; and the third to fifth volumes were published by Sherwood, Gilbert, And Piper, Paternoster-Row. The verso of each titlepage has a printer statement for J. McCreery, Printer, Tooks-Court, Chancery-Lane, London (Vol. I-III); and Gunnell And Shearman, Salisbury Square (Vol. IV-V). Each volume contains a dedication and index to the volume.

Vol. I: [132] p., add. engr. t.-pl., [60] engr. pl.; Vol. II: [122] p., add. engr. t.-pl., [58] engr. pl.; Vol. III: [128] p., add. engr. t.-pl., [59] engr. pl.; Vol. IV: [126] p., add. engr. t.-pl., [59] engr. pl.; Vol. V: [126] p., add. engr. t.-pl.. [60] engr. pl.

In Vol. II, Hill Hall, Essex, is listed in the Contents, but does not appear in this volume; it appears in volume I of this series. In Vol. V, one plate and two pages of text for Crathes, Kincardineshire, the Seat of Sir Robert Burnett, Bart. appear in this volume but are not listed on the Contents to the volume.

Contents

Vol. I: [Engr. t.-pl., t.p.] - [Dedication to Henry William Paget, Marquess of Anglesey] - Second Series. Contents Of The First Volume, Containing Sixty Engravings And Four Vignettes. - [Text]; Vol. II: [Engr. t.-pl., t.p.] - [Dedication to William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville] - Second Series. Contents Of The Second Volume, Containing Sixty Engravings And One Vignette. - [Text]; Vol. III: [Engr. t.-pl., t.p.] - [Dedication to John Scott, Earl of Eldon] - Second Series. Contents Of The Third Volume, Containing Sixty Engravings And One Vignette. - [Text]; Vol. IV: [Engr. t.-pl., t.p.] - [Dedication to John Singleton Copley, Lord Lyndhurst] - Second Series. Contents Of The Fourth Volume, Containing Sixty Engravings And One Vignette. - [Text]; Vol. V: [Engr. t.-pl., t.p.] - [Dedication to George Byng, Viscount Torrington] - Second Series. Contents Of The Fifth Volume, Containing Sixty Engravings. - [Text].

References

Royal Institute of British Architects, Early printed books, 3 (1999), no. 2246 [See here for complete list of engravers.]


Binding Note

Spine lettered in gilt lettering, 'Neale's Views of Seats' and 'Vol. I. [-V.] 2nd Series'


Subject

Country homes - Historic buildings - England - Wales - Scotland - Ireland

Contributors