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A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of
Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland.
("The County Seats")
Published in 1880 by William Mackenzie, London, England.
Text by Rev. Francis Orpen Morris (1810-1893).
Plates drawn by Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917),
and printed by Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893).
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This CD contains the page images and searchable text from a six-volume collection of lithographs of noble estates in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. In an eight-color glory that was the peak of lithography at the time of publication, the Picturesque Views of Seats... provided exterior views of the most sumpuous 240 country estates in Great Britain and Ireland. The work was issued in parts by subscription between 1864 and 1880. In addition to the vivid lithographs, the publishers provided brief histories of the estates and their families. In 1880, the entire work was published in a six-volume bound set, comprising 234 color plates, six title-pages with color vignette views, and 500 pages of text.
(Estate location maps were created for this BookWebCD from contemporary maps of England & Wales, Scotland, and Ireland published by Adam & Charles Black of Edinburgh.)
See the List of Engravings.
Plus:
Facsimile of Autographs Of Subscribers To The Picturesque Views Of Seats Of Noblemen And Gentlemen Of Great Britain And Ireland
Published in 1880 by A. Clarke.
The first page of this volume includes the facsimile signatures of the royal subscribers to the set, while the next eighteen pages are signatures of the subscribing Dukes, Marquises, Earls, Vicounts, Lords, Honorables, Foreigners of Distinction, Ladies of Rank, Baronets, Knights, and Members of Parliament. Pages 20 through 215 present the signatures and hand-written addresses of approximately 4500 individuals who subscribed to the first printing of "County Seats". (Unindexed and only somewhat grouped by locality, the page images must be browsed to be searched.)
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