The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county (v.4)
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Type of record: Book
Title: The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county (v.4)
Other titles: Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county
Classmark: Geography J-1.2/BRI
Additional creator(s): Britton, John (1771-1857) (Other); Brayley, E W (1773-1854) (Other); Nightingale, Joseph (1775-1824) (Other); Brewer, James Norris (fl. 1799-1829) (Other); Evans, John (fl. 1812) (Other); Hodgson, John antiquary (1779-1845) (Other); Laird, Francis Charles (Other); Shoberl, Frederic (1775-1853) (Other); Bigland, John (1750-1832) (Other); Rees, Thomas (1777-1864) (Other)
Related people: Britton, John; Brayley, E. W; Nightingale, Joseph; Brewer, James Norris; Evans, John; Hodgson, John; Laird, Francis Charles; Shoberl, Frederic; Bigland, John; Rees, Thomas
Publisher: Printed by Thomas Maiden, for Vernor, Hood [etc.]
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1801-1816
Language: English
Size and medium: 18 v in 26
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/196715
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991009509629705181
Description
Each volume has an additional title-page, engraved.
"List of books &c." with each county.
"In the earlier volumes [1-6] the letterpress seems to have been mainly Brayley's, while the general editing... was Britton's."--DNB (under Britton).
Britton and Brayley "practically withdrew from the undertaking (1814) and other writers filled their places."--DNB (under Brayley).
Introduction to the original delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, entitled The beauties of England and Wales. Comprising observations on the history and antiquities... together with remarks on the progress off ... architecture in succeeding ages by J. Norris Brewer.
Contents: v.1. Bedfordshire; Berkshire ; Buckinghamshire, 1801 -- v.2. Cambridgeshire ; Cheshire ; Cornwall, 1801 -- v.3. Cumberland ; Isle of Man ; Derbyshire, 1802 -- v.4. Devonshire ; Dorsetshire, 1803 -- v.5. Durham ; Essex ; Glosestershire [sic], 1803 -- v.6. Hampshire ; Herefordshire, 1805 --v.7. Hertfordshire ; Huntingdonshire ; Kent / by Edward Wedlake Brayley, 1808 -- v.8. Kent / by Edward Wedlake Brayley, 1808 -- v.9. Lancashire ; Leicestershire ; Lincolnshire / by John Britton, 1807 -- v.10. Middlesex / by Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, J. Norris Brewer, 1814-1816. (5 v.) -- v.11. Monmouthshire ; Norfolk ; Northamptonshire / by J. Evans and J. Britton, 1810 -- v.12. pt.1. Northumberland / by J. Hodgson. Nottinghamshire / by F.C. Laird, 1813 --v.12. pt.2. Oxfordshire; Rutlandshire / by J.N. Brewer, 1813 -- Rutlandshire / by F.C. Laird, 1813 -- v.13. pt.1. Shropshire ; Somersetshire / by J. Nightingale and R. Rylance, 1811 -- v.13. pt.2. Staffordshire / by J.
Nightingale, 1813 -- v.14. Suffolk ; Surrey ; Sussex / by Frederic Shoberl, 1813 -- v.15. pt.1. Wiltshire / by John Britton, 1814 -- v.15. pt.2. Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Westmoreland, and Worcestershire / by J. Britton, and others, 1814 -- v.16. Yorkshire / by John Bigland, 1812 -- v.17. North Wales / by J. Evans, 1812 -- v.18. South Wales / by Thomas Rees, 1815.
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