Yale Center for British Art
Title:
The beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county : embellished with engravings / by John Britton and Edward Wedlake Brayley.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by Thomas Maiden ... for Vernor, Hood & Sharpe [and 6 others], 1801-1815.
Physical Description:
18 v. in 25 : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA625 B38 Copy 1

Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA625 B38 Copy 2

Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA625 B38 Copy 3

Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3768161
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Added engraved t.p.s. Title and imprint vary slightly in v. 12-18.

"List of books &c." with each county.

"In the earlier volumes [1-6] the letterpress seems to have been mainly Brayley's, while the general editing ... was Britton's."--DNB (under Britton)

Britton and Brayley "practically withdrew from the undertaking (1814)

Adams, B. London illustrated, 104

BAC DA625 B38 Copy 1: Bookplate of James Frothingham Hunnewell.

BAC DA625 B38 Copy 2: Extra-illustrated and bound in 114 volumes. Volumes 105-114 comprise an extra-illustrated copy of Robert Forsyth's The beauties of Scotland (Edinburgh: Printed for Thomson Bonar ..., 1805-1808).

BAC DA625 B38 Copy 3: Imperfect: Consists only of the volumes on London (v. 10); extra-illustrated and bound in 5 volumes.
Contents:
v. 1. Bedfordshire ; Berkshire ; Buckinghamshire -- v. 2. Cambridgeshire ; Cheshire ; Cornwall -- v. 3. Cumberland ; Isle of Man ; Derbyshire -- v. 4. Devonshire ; Dorsetshire -- v. 5. Durham ; Essex ; Glocester shire -- v. 6. Hampshire ; Isle of Wight ; Herefordshire -- v. 7. Hertf ordshire ; Huntingdonshire ; Kent / by E.W. Brayley -- v. 8. Kent / by E.W. Brayley -- v. 9. Lancashire ; Leicestershire ; Lincolnshire / by J . Britton -- v. 10. Middlesex / by E.W. Brayley, J. Nightingale, J.N. B rewer (5 v.) -- v. 11. Monmouthshire ; Norfolk ; Northamptonshire / by J. Evans and J. Britton -- v. 12. pt. 1. Northumberland / by J. Hodgson . Nottinghamshire / by F.C. Laird -- v. 12. pt. 2. Oxfordshire / by J.N . Brewer. Rutlandshire / by F.C. Laird -- v. 13. pt. 1. Shropshire ; Somersetshire -- v. 13. pt. 2. Somersetshire ; Staffordshire /by J. Nightingale -- v. 14. Suffolk ; Surrey ; Sussex / by F. Shoberl -- v. 15. pt . 1. Wiltshire / by J. Britton -- v. 15. pt. 2. Warwickshire / by F.C. Laird -- v. 16. Yorkshire / by J. Bigland -- v. 17. North Wales / by J. Evans -- v. 18. South Wales / by T. Rees
Subject Terms:
Great Britain -- Description and travel. | Great Britain -- Antiquities. | Architecture -- Great Britain. | Wales -- Description and travel. | Wales -- Antiquities. | Architecture -- Wales. | Hunnewell, James Frothingham, 1832–1910 -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance)
Contributors:
Brewer, J. N. (James Norris) | Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773–1854. | Britton, John, 1771–1857. | Shoberl, Frederic, 1775–1853. | Nightingale, Joseph, 1775–1824. | Hodgson, John, 1779–1845. | Laird, Francis Charles. | Bigland, John, 1750–1832. | Evans, John, 1812–1861. | Rees, Thomas, 1777–1864. | Cooke, George, 1781–1834, engraver. | Angus, William, 1752–1821, engraver. | Greig, John, active 1803–1853, engraver. | Roffe, John, 1769–1850, engraver. | Powell, J. (John), 1780–ca. 1833, engraver. | Woolnoth, W. (William), engraver. | Owen, active 1796–1815, engraver. | Storer, James, 1771–1853, engraver. | Hull, Edward, active 1820–1834, engraver. | Hawkins, W., active 1793–1821, engraver. | Comte, Benjamin Rodolph, b. ca. 1760, engraver. | Smith, John, -1832, engraver. | Hawksworth, Joseph, fl. 1799–1802, engraver. | Noble, Samuel, 1779–1853, engraver. | Byrne, John, 1786–1847, engraver. | Scott, Robert, 1777–1841, engraver. | Hay, Frederick Rudolph, 1784– engraver. | Bonnor, Thomas, engraver. | Birrel, W., engraver. | Tompkins, J., engraver. | Roffe, Richard, engraver. | Stewart, James, 1791–1863, engraver. | Burnet, John, 1784–1868, engraver. | Sparrow, Samuel, engraver. | Smith, Joseph Clarendon, 1778–1810, engraver. | Busby, Thomas Lord, engraver. | Pye, John, 1745– engraver. | Radclyffe, William, 1780–1855, engraver. | Lands, R., engraver. | Sands, Robert, 1782–1855, engraver. | Rawle, S., engraver. | Miller, Keith, engraver. | Byrne, Elizabeth, engraver. | Cooke, William Bernard, 1778–1855, engraver. | Stalker, Ebenezer, 1781–1847, engraver. | Birrell, A., active 1770–1820, engraver. | Hobson, H., active 1814–1822, engraver. | Matthews, T., engraver, 1778–1810, engraver. | Le Keux, Henry, 1787–1868, engraver. | Lewis, James, active 1813–1837, engraver. | Wallis, Robert, 1794–1878, engraver.ver. | Burnet, J., 1784–1868, engraver. | Watkins, R., engraver.55, engraver. | Shury, John, active 1818–1849, engraver. | Le Keux, John, 1783–1846, engraver. | Lee, Joseph, 1780–1859, engraver. | Byrne, Letitia, 1779–1849, engraver.-1855, engraver. | Pote, C., active 1801–1833, engraver. | Lester, engraver. | Noble, George, active 18th century-19th century. | Skelton, William, 1763–1848, engraver. | Wise, William, active 1790–1801, engraver. | Howlett, Bartholomew, 1767–1827, engraver. | Dauthemare, J. F., engraver. | Barenger, M. S., engraver. | Robins, engraver. | Smith, William, engraver. | Pye, Charles, 1777–1864, engraver.