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LYSONS, Daniel & Samuel. Magna Britannia being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain. London: Strahan & Preston for T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1806-1822.
6 volumes in 9 parts extended to 28 volumes, 4° (about 295 x 228mm.). 9 engraved folding maps, hand-coloured in outline, 267 plates, some folding. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH ABOUT 2880 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS AND PRINTS. (Occasional light spotting, some plates shaved, others cut-down and mounted to size.) Later red half morocco gilt, t.e.g. Provenance: Frank Shuttleworth (armorial bookplate).
A FINE PICTORIAL RECORD, apparently assembled by a 19th-century collector. In addition to the required title pages each volume has an additional (?and specially printed) title, each dated 1824, printed by Cox & Davies. There are an unusual number of original watercolours, most unsigned but including signed examples of the work of George Shepherd (fl. c.1800-c.1830), Frederick Stockdale (fl. c.1803-c.1848), ?Joseph Farington (1747-1821), John Buckler (1770-1857), J.P. Neale (1780-1847), Samuel Owen (1748[9]-1837), Edward Dayes (1763-1804) and others. The subjects include churches, great houses, town/village scenes and interior details of churches. The extra prints include a large proportion of views, including hand-coloured aquatints extracted from Boydell's Thames [Abbey Scenery 432]; Ackermann's Cambridge and Public Schools [Abbey Scenery 438]; Pyne's Royal Residences [Abbey Scenery 396]; Daniell's Voyage round Great Britain [Abbey Scenery 16]; W.Adam's The Gem of the Peak [Abbey Scenery 111]; The River Exe [Abbey Scenery 117] and others. The uncoloured views are mostly 19th-century, but include a selection from Samuel and Nathaniel Buck's Antiquities... 1774; a series of six views of Stowe House by George Bickham and other large-format folding plates. The 19th-century views include some plates from Harraden's Views of Cambridge [Abbey Scenery 77]; Westall's Views on the Thames. [cf.Abbey Scenery 434]; Wild's The Cathedral of Chester [Abbey Scenery 95]; Farrington's Views of the Lakes [Upcott I,p.128]; Westall's Vale of Keswick [Abbey Scenery 191]. The portraits include a number of fine 18th-century mezzotints, but both the mezzotints and the Buck views are almost invariably cropped. Sold not subject to return.
The set comprises:
Bedfordshire... [Magna Britannia vol.I part 1]. 1819. 4 vols. Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, and 12 plates, extra-illustrated with 357 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS (including 202 views), 286 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (66 hand-coloured plates; uncoloured plates including 4 mezzotint portraits, 98 other portraits).
Berkshire... [Magna Britannia vol.I part 2]. 1813. 3 vols. Engraved folding map hand-coloured in outline, and 29 plates, extra-illustrated with 21 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS (including 12 views), 333 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (47 hand-coloured plates; uncoloured plates including 3 mezzotint portraits, 78 other portraits).
Buckinghamshire... [Magna Britannia vol.I part 3]. 1813. 3 vols. Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, and 12 plates, extra-illustrated with 14 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS (including 13 views, two of these folding), 280 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (21 hand-coloured plates; uncoloured plates include 7 aquatint views of Eton, one with a note from ?the engraver to the publisher, 6 large folding views of Stowe by George Bickham after Chatelain, 11 mezzotint portraits, 112 other portraits).
Cambridgeshire... [Magna Britannia vol.II part 1]. 1808. 4 vols. Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, and 32 plates, extra-illustrated with 6 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR OR PENCIL DRAWINGS (including 5 views, one of these folding), 419 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (32 hand-coloured plates; uncoloured plates including 167 views on 165 leaves, 23 mezzotint portraits, 199 other portraits).
Cheshire... [Magna Britannia vol II part 2]. 1810. 2 vols. Engraved folding map and town plan of Chester, both hand-coloured in outline, and 33 plates, extra-illustrated with 5 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR OR PEN-AND-INK VIEWS, 101 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (including 7 hand-coloured plates; uncoloured plates including 72 views on 69 leaves, 22 portraits).
Cornwall... [Magna Britannia vol.III]. 1814. 3 vols. Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, and 37 plates, extra-illustrated with 52 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR OR PEN-AND-WASH DRAWINGS (including 48 views), 175 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (5 hand-coloured plates; uncoloured plates including 146 views, 2 mezzotint portraits, 22 other portraits).
Cumberland... [Magna Britannia vol.IV]. 1816. 2 vols. Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, 42 plates and plans, extra-illustrated with 1 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND 1 PEN-AND-INK VIEW, 153 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (4 hand-coloured; uncoloured plates including 125 views, 6 mezzotint portraits and 13 other portraits).
Derbyshire... [Magna Britannia vol.V]. 1817. 3 vols. Engraved folding map, plan of Derby and 34 plates (one hand-coloured), extra-illustrated with 14 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS (including 13 views), 228 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (9 hand-coloured; uncoloured plates including 187 views on 186 leaves, 3 mezzotint portraits annd 27 other portraits).
Devonshire... [Magna Britannia vol.VI]. 1822. 4 vols. Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, and 34 plates, one hand-coloured, extra-illustrated with 97 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR OR PENCIL AND WASH DRAWINGS (including 87 views), 359 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (33 hand-coloured; uncoloured plates including 227 views on 219 leaves, 11 mezzotint portraits and 86 other portraits). (28)
6 volumes in 9 parts extended to 28 volumes, 4° (about 295 x 228mm.). 9 engraved folding maps, hand-coloured in outline, 267 plates, some folding. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH ABOUT 2880 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS AND PRINTS. (Occasional light spotting, some plates shaved, others cut-down and mounted to size.) Later red half morocco gilt, t.e.g. Provenance: Frank Shuttleworth (armorial bookplate).
A FINE PICTORIAL RECORD, apparently assembled by a 19th-century collector. In addition to the required title pages each volume has an additional (?and specially printed) title, each dated 1824, printed by Cox & Davies. There are an unusual number of original watercolours, most unsigned but including signed examples of the work of George Shepherd (fl. c.1800-c.1830), Frederick Stockdale (fl. c.1803-c.1848), ?Joseph Farington (1747-1821), John Buckler (1770-1857), J.P. Neale (1780-1847), Samuel Owen (1748[9]-1837), Edward Dayes (1763-1804) and others. The subjects include churches, great houses, town/village scenes and interior details of churches. The extra prints include a large proportion of views, including hand-coloured aquatints extracted from Boydell's Thames [Abbey Scenery 432]; Ackermann's Cambridge and Public Schools [Abbey Scenery 438]; Pyne's Royal Residences [Abbey Scenery 396]; Daniell's Voyage round Great Britain [Abbey Scenery 16]; W.Adam's The Gem of the Peak [Abbey Scenery 111]; The River Exe [Abbey Scenery 117] and others. The uncoloured views are mostly 19th-century, but include a selection from Samuel and Nathaniel Buck's Antiquities... 1774; a series of six views of Stowe House by George Bickham and other large-format folding plates. The 19th-century views include some plates from Harraden's Views of Cambridge [Abbey Scenery 77]; Westall's Views on the Thames. [cf.Abbey Scenery 434]; Wild's The Cathedral of Chester [Abbey Scenery 95]; Farrington's Views of the Lakes [Upcott I,p.128]; Westall's Vale of Keswick [Abbey Scenery 191]. The portraits include a number of fine 18th-century mezzotints, but both the mezzotints and the Buck views are almost invariably cropped. Sold not subject to return.
The set comprises:
Bedfordshire... [Magna Britannia vol.I part 1]. 1819. 4 vols. Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, and 12 plates, extra-illustrated with 357 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS (including 202 views), 286 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (66 hand-coloured plates; uncoloured plates including 4 mezzotint portraits, 98 other portraits).
Berkshire... [Magna Britannia vol.I part 2]. 1813. 3 vols. Engraved folding map hand-coloured in outline, and 29 plates, extra-illustrated with 21 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS (including 12 views), 333 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (47 hand-coloured plates; uncoloured plates including 3 mezzotint portraits, 78 other portraits).
Buckinghamshire... [Magna Britannia vol.I part 3]. 1813. 3 vols. Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, and 12 plates, extra-illustrated with 14 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS (including 13 views, two of these folding), 280 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (21 hand-coloured plates; uncoloured plates include 7 aquatint views of Eton, one with a note from ?the engraver to the publisher, 6 large folding views of Stowe by George Bickham after Chatelain, 11 mezzotint portraits, 112 other portraits).
Cambridgeshire... [Magna Britannia vol.II part 1]. 1808. 4 vols. Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, and 32 plates, extra-illustrated with 6 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR OR PENCIL DRAWINGS (including 5 views, one of these folding), 419 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (32 hand-coloured plates; uncoloured plates including 167 views on 165 leaves, 23 mezzotint portraits, 199 other portraits).
Cheshire... [Magna Britannia vol II part 2]. 1810. 2 vols. Engraved folding map and town plan of Chester, both hand-coloured in outline, and 33 plates, extra-illustrated with 5 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR OR PEN-AND-INK VIEWS, 101 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (including 7 hand-coloured plates; uncoloured plates including 72 views on 69 leaves, 22 portraits).
Cornwall... [Magna Britannia vol.III]. 1814. 3 vols. Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, and 37 plates, extra-illustrated with 52 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR OR PEN-AND-WASH DRAWINGS (including 48 views), 175 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (5 hand-coloured plates; uncoloured plates including 146 views, 2 mezzotint portraits, 22 other portraits).
Cumberland... [Magna Britannia vol.IV]. 1816. 2 vols. Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, 42 plates and plans, extra-illustrated with 1 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR AND 1 PEN-AND-INK VIEW, 153 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (4 hand-coloured; uncoloured plates including 125 views, 6 mezzotint portraits and 13 other portraits).
Derbyshire... [Magna Britannia vol.V]. 1817. 3 vols. Engraved folding map, plan of Derby and 34 plates (one hand-coloured), extra-illustrated with 14 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS (including 13 views), 228 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (9 hand-coloured; uncoloured plates including 187 views on 186 leaves, 3 mezzotint portraits annd 27 other portraits).
Devonshire... [Magna Britannia vol.VI]. 1822. 4 vols. Engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, and 34 plates, one hand-coloured, extra-illustrated with 97 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR OR PENCIL AND WASH DRAWINGS (including 87 views), 359 engravings, lithographs, aquatints or mezzotints (33 hand-coloured; uncoloured plates including 227 views on 219 leaves, 11 mezzotint portraits and 86 other portraits). (28)