Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Bayley, John, -1869
Title:
The history and antiquities of the Tower of London : with biographical anecdotes of royal and distinguished persons, deduced from records, state papers, and manuscripts, and from other original and authentic sources / by John Bayley, Esq., F.S.A. of the Honorable Society of the Inner Temple, and one of His Majesty's Sub-Commissioners on the Public Records ; in two parts ; Part I[-II].
Published / Created:
London : Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1821-1825.

London : J. M'Creary, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane.
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 31 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA687.T7 B39 1821+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Paged continuously.

Engravings by John Pye, H. Matlow, J. Barnett, William Cooke, William R. Smith, J. Lee, John Byrne, Robert Sands, H. Hobson, and W. Bond; after Frederick Nash and Edward Blore.

Printed by J. M'Creery, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London.

Paging: v. 1: xiv, [2], 272, xxxiv p., XXVII leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 2: vi, [3], 274-344 p., 345-352 leaves, 353-671, [2], xxxvi-cxxviii (i. e. cxxx), [18] p.

Leaves 345-352 are foliated, with "a" and "b" added on recto and verso respectively (e. g., leaf 345 recto numbered "345a", verso "345b"); numbers xli-xlii repeated in last sequence of paging.

Nineteenth century short title catalogue, 2B12515

Adams, B. London illustrated, 1604-1851, 136

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in quarter green morocco and marbled boards. Two bookplates: James Frothingham Hunnewell; Neate.
Subject Terms:
Tower of London (London, England) -- History. | Tower of London (London, England), depicted. | London (England) -- History. | Great Britain -- Biography. | Hunnewell, James Frothingham -- Bookplate. (BACRB) | Neate -- Bookplate. (BACRB) | Hering, C. -- Binding. | Foyle, William A. (William Alfred), 1885–1963 -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Original art. | Kings -- Great Britain. | Queens -- Great Britain. | Portrait prints. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Binders' tickets (Binding) -- C. Hering. | Extra-illustrated copies (Provenance) -- 19th century. | Mezzotints. | Steel engravings. | Engravings.
Contributors:
Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742–1802, publisher. | McCreery, John, 1768–1832, printer. | Pye, John, 1782–1874, printmaker. | Mutlow, H., printmaker. | Barnett, J., printmaker. | Cooke, William Bernard, 1778–1855, printmaker. | Smith, William Raymond (Engraver) | Lee, J., printmaker. | Byrne, John, 1786–1847, printmaker. | Sands, Robert, 1782–1855, printmaker. | Hobson, H., active 1814–1822, printmaker. | Bond, William, active 1799–1833, printmaker. | Nash, Frederick, 1782–1856, illustrator. | Nash, Frederick, 1782–1856, artist. | Satchwell, R. William, 1732–1811, artist. | Holl, William, 1771–1838, printmaker. | Sheppard, Thomas, artist. | Blore, Edward, 1787–1879, illustrator. | Hering, Charles, 1762 or 1763–1815, binder. | Faber, John, 1695?-1756. Kings and Queens of England.