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Creator:
Britton, John, 1771-1857
Title(s):

Graphic illustrations, with historical and descriptive accounts, of Toddington, Gloucestershire : the seat of Lord Sudeley / by John Britton, F.S.A.

Published/Created:
London: Published by the author, Burton Street : sold by Longman and Co. Paternoster Row : Messrs. Boone, New Bond Street : H.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden : Bennett, Tewkesbury : May, Evesham : and Williams and Davies, Cheltenham, 1840.
London : Printed by Moyes and Barclay, Castle Street, Leicester Square, [1840]
Physical Description:
xvi, 46, [2], viii pages, [28] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 36 cm
Holdings:
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DA690.T63 B7+ Copy 1 Oversize
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engraved title vignette.
Frontispiece printed by C. Hullmandel.
Plates by Samuel Williams, James C. Redaway, John Shury, and John Orrin Smith; after J. C. Bourne, J. C. Buckler, Robert William Billings, R. Kitton, Joseph Netherclift, and James Robert Thompson.
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is a large paper copy. Bookplate of Henry J. B. Clements. Presentation inscription from the author to William Beckford, Esq. 1841. Beckford's MS notes tipped in at the front. Cover title: Britton's Toddington.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is a smaller paper copy. Presentation inscription from the author to J. Duncan. Bookplate: Rupert Gunnis. Cover title: Britton's Toddington.
BAC: British Art Center copy 3 is a large paper copy. Bound in contemporary black half leather with marbled boards. Inscribed: "Dawson Turner, a present from his friend the author. 1841." Autograph letter, signed, from Britton to "My dear friend" (i.e. Dawson Turner?), dated 6 July 1841 mounted to first preliminary page. Includes an additional portrait of the author mounted as frontispiece. Plates are marked proofs.
Subject Terms:
Beckford, William, 1760-1844 -- Pres. insc. from the author, 1841.
Bennett -- Publisher.
Boone, Messrs -- Publisher.
Britton, John, 1771-1857 -- Pres. insc. to Dawson Turner, 1841.
Britton, John, 1771-1857 -- Pres. insc. to J. Duncan.
Britton, John, 1771-1857 -- Pres. insc. to William Beckford, 1841.
Clements, Henry J. B. (Henry John Beresford), 1869-1940 -- Bookplate.
Duncan, J. -- Pres. insc. from the author.
Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate.
May -- Publisher.
Turner, Dawson -- Pres. insc. from John Britton, 1841.
William and Davies -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Etchings -- 1840.
Wood engravings -- 1840.
Lithographs -- 1840.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Longman & Co. bookseller.
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, printer.
Redaway, James C., active 1818-1857, engraver.
Shury, John, active 1818-1849, engraver.
Smith, Orrin, 1799-1843, engraver.
Williams, Samuel, 1788-1853, engraver.
Bourne, John C., illustrator.
Buckler, John Chessell, 1793-1894, illustrator.
Billings, Robert William, 1813-1874, illustrator.
Kitton, R., active 1832-1847, illustrator.
Netherclift, Joseph, 1792-1863, illustrator.
Thompson, James Robert, 1784 or 1785-1855, illustrator.
Walter, Paul F., donor.
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