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KIP, John. Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne. London: David Mortier, 1715-17 [1719].
3 volumes in 2 including supplement to volume III and Atlas Anglois, large 2° (520 x 340mm.). Five titles printed in red and black, each with engraved vignette royal arms, supplement to volume III with additional engraved title dated 1719, 294 ENGRAVED VIEWS, MAPS AND PLANS by J. Kip after L. Knyffe and others, on guards throughout. (Very occasional light spotting, front free endpapers of both volumes torn.) Contemporary French calf, spine gilt in eight sections, red and green morocco lettering pieces (head and foot of spines slightly rubbed). Provenance: early engraved armorial bookplate. A FINE SET composed as follows:
Volume I...Description exacte des Palais du Roy, et des maisons les plus considerables des Seigneurs & des Gentilhommes de la Grande Bretagne, 2 parts in 1 volume. Part one: 1p. preface, 7pp. descriptive text in French, 2pp. table, 80 double-page engraved views, 2 folding, 79 of the plates listed on table together with an additional view of Boghengieght near Aberdeen. Part 2: 7pp. descriptive text in French, 70 double-page engraved views, 3 folding.
Volume II...Description exacte des Villes, Eglises, Cathedrales, Hopitaux, Ports de Mer. 14pp. descriptive text in French, 70 engraved views, plans, and maps, most double-page or folding, including an additional 'Alphabetical Table of the Cities and Market Towns' but without the view of Castle Gordon, the map of England published by J. Smith is dated 1720.
Volume III...Description exacte des Villes...Auquel on a ajoute un Atlas de L'Angleterre..troisieme et dernier volume, the first part of ecclesiastical views including the supplement, 24pp. + 9pp. text in French and French and English, 1p. table of contents, engraved additional title in French and English with the imprint of Joseph Smith, 1719, folding engraved map of London, 52 engraved views and plans of cathedrals and university buildings, most double-page and folding, 4 folding genealogical tables of the Kings of England. (Lacking the plate of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, but with an additional plate of the seals of the Kings and Queens of England, plate of Tong House shaved at outer margin.) With:
Atlas Anglois, ou Description Generale de L'Angleterre. Engraved general map of England and Wales Regnum Angliae by Gerard and Leonard Valk, 38 double-page engraved maps of the counties of England and Wales by Schenk and Valk after Jansson and Blaeu, 10 without graticules. Cf. Chubb LXXXI; Hodson 131.
A FINE COMPLETE COPY of the Nouveau Theatre. The use of the Smith additional title to the third volume and the date on the England map suggest that the copy was purchased in the early 1720s. Kip's work was first published in 1707 when David Mortier issued the first 80 plates under the title Britannia Illustrata, the work expanding to 4 sections by 1709, with the addition of the atlas after 1714. In 1724-28 Joseph Smith further enlarged the work to 6 volumes. The Atlas Anglois in volume III was also published separately by Mortier from 1713 when he acquired the Schenk and Valk plates from Amsterdam. In the Nouveau Theatre it was sold as an optional supplement to the work, and complete copies with the atlas bound in are rare. Cf. Lowndes 1277-78. (2)
3 volumes in 2 including supplement to volume III and Atlas Anglois, large 2° (520 x 340mm.). Five titles printed in red and black, each with engraved vignette royal arms, supplement to volume III with additional engraved title dated 1719, 294 ENGRAVED VIEWS, MAPS AND PLANS by J. Kip after L. Knyffe and others, on guards throughout. (Very occasional light spotting, front free endpapers of both volumes torn.) Contemporary French calf, spine gilt in eight sections, red and green morocco lettering pieces (head and foot of spines slightly rubbed). Provenance: early engraved armorial bookplate. A FINE SET composed as follows:
Volume I...Description exacte des Palais du Roy, et des maisons les plus considerables des Seigneurs & des Gentilhommes de la Grande Bretagne, 2 parts in 1 volume. Part one: 1p. preface, 7pp. descriptive text in French, 2pp. table, 80 double-page engraved views, 2 folding, 79 of the plates listed on table together with an additional view of Boghengieght near Aberdeen. Part 2: 7pp. descriptive text in French, 70 double-page engraved views, 3 folding.
Volume II...Description exacte des Villes, Eglises, Cathedrales, Hopitaux, Ports de Mer. 14pp. descriptive text in French, 70 engraved views, plans, and maps, most double-page or folding, including an additional 'Alphabetical Table of the Cities and Market Towns' but without the view of Castle Gordon, the map of England published by J. Smith is dated 1720.
Volume III...Description exacte des Villes...Auquel on a ajoute un Atlas de L'Angleterre..troisieme et dernier volume, the first part of ecclesiastical views including the supplement, 24pp. + 9pp. text in French and French and English, 1p. table of contents, engraved additional title in French and English with the imprint of Joseph Smith, 1719, folding engraved map of London, 52 engraved views and plans of cathedrals and university buildings, most double-page and folding, 4 folding genealogical tables of the Kings of England. (Lacking the plate of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, but with an additional plate of the seals of the Kings and Queens of England, plate of Tong House shaved at outer margin.) With:
Atlas Anglois, ou Description Generale de L'Angleterre. Engraved general map of England and Wales Regnum Angliae by Gerard and Leonard Valk, 38 double-page engraved maps of the counties of England and Wales by Schenk and Valk after Jansson and Blaeu, 10 without graticules. Cf. Chubb LXXXI; Hodson 131.
A FINE COMPLETE COPY of the Nouveau Theatre. The use of the Smith additional title to the third volume and the date on the England map suggest that the copy was purchased in the early 1720s. Kip's work was first published in 1707 when David Mortier issued the first 80 plates under the title Britannia Illustrata, the work expanding to 4 sections by 1709, with the addition of the atlas after 1714. In 1724-28 Joseph Smith further enlarged the work to 6 volumes. The Atlas Anglois in volume III was also published separately by Mortier from 1713 when he acquired the Schenk and Valk plates from Amsterdam. In the Nouveau Theatre it was sold as an optional supplement to the work, and complete copies with the atlas bound in are rare. Cf. Lowndes 1277-78. (2)