Deliciæ Britannicæ; or, the curiosities of Hampton-Court and Windsor-Castle, delineated; with occasional reflections; and embellish'd with copper-plates of the two palaces, &c. By George Bickham, jun. The Whole attempted with a View, not only to engage the Attention of the Curious; but to inform the Judgments of those, who have but the least Taste for the Art of Painting
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Type of record: Book
Title: Deliciæ Britannicæ; or, the curiosities of Hampton-Court and Windsor-Castle, delineated; with occasional reflections; and embellish'd with copper-plates of the two palaces, &c. By George Bickham, jun. The Whole attempted with a View, not only to engage the Attention of the Curious; but to inform the Judgments of those, who have but the least Taste for the Art of Painting
Classmark: Bedford Collection G073
Creator(s): Bickham, George (1706?-1771)
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Turberville, G (Former owner); Lloyd, William Reynolds (Former owner); Ross, William Gordon (Former owner)
Publisher: printed, and sold by T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-Noster-Row; G. Bickham, jun, in May's Buildings, Bedford-Court, Covent-Garden; and by most booksellers in London and Westminster: as also, at the Meuse, near Hampton-Court, and at the Royal Standard, n
Publication city: London
Date(s): M.D.CC.XLII. [1742]
Language: English
Size and medium: 203,[1]p.,plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/736502
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019982597405181
Description
Price from imprint: Price Bound 2 s. 6 d.
Page 203 [last leaf of text] laid down rear pastedown.
Indexed in: ESTC
Features
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection G073: excerpt from sale catalogue for this item pasted onto front flyleaf
Bindings
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection G073: contemporary calf [worn].
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection G073: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front flyleaf: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: HSO/17. Twentieth-century[?] armorial bookplate on front pastedown: William Reynolds Lloyd. MS. inscription on title page: G Turberville. Nineteenth-century armorial bookplate on verso of title page: William Gordon Ross, Royal Engineers. MS. annotations on pages 18-21 [underlining], 178, 197 motto of the Garter of England.
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