Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Stowe : a description of the house and gardens of the most noble & puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent Temple, Marquis of Buckinghamshire.
Published / Created:
Buckingham : Printed and sold by J. Seeley, sold also by J. Edwards, Pall Mall, & L.B. Seeley, Paternoster Row, London, 1797.
Physical Description:
[3], vi-[viii], [9]-63, [1] pages, [32] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 28 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NA7625.S86 S86 1797+ Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NA7625.S86 S86 1797+ Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title page is engraved.

Engravings by and after Thomas Medland.

English short title catalogue, T68774

Holmes, M. Country house described, p. 239

BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 is bound in publisher's quarter cream paper with marbled boards. Bookplate: Richard Blackett Beaumont.

BAC: British Art Centery copy 2 bound in contemporary green half calf with marbled boards. Autograph: J. Collier, Brackley.

BEIR Edea St78 797 copy 2: 25 cm. Bookplate of E.W. Manwaring.
Subject Terms:
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753–1813. | Stowe House (Buckinghamshire, England) -- Early works to 1800. | Stowe Gardens (England) -- Early works to 1800. | Painting -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Buckingham (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Early works to 1800. | Landscape gardening -- Great Britain. | Manwaring, Elizabeth Wheeler, b. 1879 -- Bookplate. | Beaumont, Richard Blackett, b.1926 -- Bookplate. | Seeley, J. -- Publisher. | Collier, J. -- Autograph. | Buckingham -- Imprints -- Specimens -- 1797.
Form/Genre:
Guidebooks. | Engravings -- 1797.
Contributors:
Medland, Thomas, active 18th century-19th century, engraver. | Walter, Paul F., donor. | Seeley, Leonard Benton, 1766–1834, publisher. | Edwards, James, 1756–1816, bookseller.