Accession number
PML 146480
Creator
Buck, Samuel, 1696-1779.
Published
London : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by Saml. & Nathl. Buck ..., 1740-1742.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Also referred to as Buck's views of ruins.
Imprint information from copy in ESTC.
Issued in three parts, each part consisting of an engraved list of subscribers and 24 plates, with 12 extra plates in the final part.
Library has only the third part, dated 1742, containing plates 49-84, plus no. 23 (Colchester Castle, dated 1738) from an earlier collection of engravings of castle and abbeys in England, for a total of 37 plates.
No t.p. is called for. Title devised by cataloger from collective title in later editions.
Plates drawn and engraved by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck.
Imprint information from copy in ESTC.
Issued in three parts, each part consisting of an engraved list of subscribers and 24 plates, with 12 extra plates in the final part.
Library has only the third part, dated 1742, containing plates 49-84, plus no. 23 (Colchester Castle, dated 1738) from an earlier collection of engravings of castle and abbeys in England, for a total of 37 plates.
No t.p. is called for. Title devised by cataloger from collective title in later editions.
Plates drawn and engraved by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck.
Description
3 v. : ill. (engraving) ; 31 x 47 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
3/4 maroon morocco, gold-tooled "Views of Wales" on front panel.
Classification
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