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KIP, Joannes (1652-1722). Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne: ou Description exacte des Palais de la Reine et des Maisons les plus considerables des Seigneurs & des Gentilshommes de la Grande Bretagne. London: David Mortier, 1708.
2° (456 x 315mm). 6 leaves of text, title printed in red and black, engraved title vignette, 80 double-page engravings by Kip after Leonard Knyff, one double-sheet by James Collins after Thomas Sadler, RICHLY COLOURED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN GOLD, on guards. (Vertical creasing in a few plates, light marginal spotting, slightly heavier in three plates, one short marginal tear.) Contemporary mottled calf panelled in gilt, central arabesque lozenge, gilt spine, leather lettering-piece, mottled edges (slight wear at joints and corners).
A rare, coloured copy of an early edition of Kip's topographical bird's-eye views of the castles, palaces and country houses of England. The work was first published in 1707 under the title Britannia illustrata; by 1716 three more volumes were added to it, and in 1728 a supplement was issued. Berlin Kat. 2328 (1715-1728 ed.).
2° (456 x 315mm). 6 leaves of text, title printed in red and black, engraved title vignette, 80 double-page engravings by Kip after Leonard Knyff, one double-sheet by James Collins after Thomas Sadler, RICHLY COLOURED AND HIGHLIGHTED IN GOLD, on guards. (Vertical creasing in a few plates, light marginal spotting, slightly heavier in three plates, one short marginal tear.) Contemporary mottled calf panelled in gilt, central arabesque lozenge, gilt spine, leather lettering-piece, mottled edges (slight wear at joints and corners).
A rare, coloured copy of an early edition of Kip's topographical bird's-eye views of the castles, palaces and country houses of England. The work was first published in 1707 under the title Britannia illustrata; by 1716 three more volumes were added to it, and in 1728 a supplement was issued. Berlin Kat. 2328 (1715-1728 ed.).