Accession number
PML 55654
Published
A Londres : Chez David Mortier ..., 1708.
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1965.
Notes
Plate 12: Broadgate, seat of the Earl of Stamford, engr. by Henry Hulsberg (d. 1729).
Plates are engraved by Johannes Kip from drawings by Leonard Knyff.
Each illustration is a single sheet, folded in the center.
Collation: t. 1, [1. ptie.]: 6 prelim. leaves, 80 plates ; t. 1, 2. ptie.: 7 p., 64 plates : (incl. plan) ; t. 2: 2 prelim. leaves, 14, [1] p. (text in French), 67 plates : 4 folded geneal. tables ; t. 3: 12, [1] p., 61 plates (incl. "Vuë de villes &c. en Ecoss," plates 48-68) : ill., map ; atlas: 16, [1] p. : 40 maps ; Supplement: 51 plates mounted ; plans.
The first volume (tome 1. [1. ptie.]) was pub. in 1708, title-page in French. It contained 80 copper-plates, engraved by J. Kip from drawings by Leonard Knyff. The plates in the second volume (tome 1, 2. ptie.) with a few exceptions, were both drawn and engraved by Kip, hence the work is often known by his name. The 3rd and 4th volume (tome 2 and 3) are by different artists. The "Atlas de l'Angleterre," [by G. Valck and P. Schenck] included in tome 3, has special t.-p.: Atlas anglois, ou Description generale de l'Angleterre ... Avec les genealogies des plus illustres familles, & les archevêches & évêches." [The genealogies are wanting]. The Supplement has no t.-p.
Each plate with coat of arms.
Plates are engraved by Johannes Kip from drawings by Leonard Knyff.
Each illustration is a single sheet, folded in the center.
Collation: t. 1, [1. ptie.]: 6 prelim. leaves, 80 plates ; t. 1, 2. ptie.: 7 p., 64 plates : (incl. plan) ; t. 2: 2 prelim. leaves, 14, [1] p. (text in French), 67 plates : 4 folded geneal. tables ; t. 3: 12, [1] p., 61 plates (incl. "Vuë de villes &c. en Ecoss," plates 48-68) : ill., map ; atlas: 16, [1] p. : 40 maps ; Supplement: 51 plates mounted ; plans.
The first volume (tome 1. [1. ptie.]) was pub. in 1708, title-page in French. It contained 80 copper-plates, engraved by J. Kip from drawings by Leonard Knyff. The plates in the second volume (tome 1, 2. ptie.) with a few exceptions, were both drawn and engraved by Kip, hence the work is often known by his name. The 3rd and 4th volume (tome 2 and 3) are by different artists. The "Atlas de l'Angleterre," [by G. Valck and P. Schenck] included in tome 3, has special t.-p.: Atlas anglois, ou Description generale de l'Angleterre ... Avec les genealogies des plus illustres familles, & les archevêches & évêches." [The genealogies are wanting]. The Supplement has no t.-p.
Each plate with coat of arms.
Description
[12] p., [160] leaves of plates : 80 ill. (engravings) ; 58 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Mrs. J. P. Morgan, Jr.
Binding
Mottled calf.
Classification
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