Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Allen, Thomas, 1803-1833
Title:
A new and complete history of the county of York / by Thomas Allen ; illustrated by a series of views, engraved on steel from original drawings by N. Whittock.
Published / Created:
London : I.T. Hinton, 1828-1831.
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA670 Y6 A4+ Copy 1 Oversize

Rare Books and Manuscripts
DA670 Y6 A4+ Copy 2 Oversize

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates engraved by John Rogers, Fenner, Sears & Co., John Shury, William John Cooke, F. Mansell, J. Wesley, W. Sims, T. Owen, J.F. Lambert, George Stow, J. Stowe, J.R. Winkles, Henry Rolls, Richard Winkles, and J. Sandon; after Nathaniel Whittock, Henry Gastineau, Joseph Potter, and Wenceslaus Hollar.

British Art Center has 2 copies, both large paper copies. Copy 2 has a variant imprint on t.p. for v.1 that reads: London : I.T. Hinton, 4 Warwick Square, and Holdsworth & Ball, 18, St. Paul's Church Yard, 1829. Text and plates are otherwise the same.

Copy 1, v. 1 has the autograph of W. Marshall Rinder; copy 3 has the bookplate of John Swire.

Engraved t.p.

Preface dated 1832.
Subject Terms:
Rinder, W. Marshall -- Autograph. | Swire, John, 1861–1933 -- Bookplate. | Hinton, I. T. -- Publisher. | Holdsworth & Ball -- Publisher. | Yorkshire (England) -- History. | Yorkshire (England) -- Description and travel. | Steel engraving -- Specimens -- 1828–1831.
Contributors:
Rogers, John, approximately 1808–approximately 1888, engraver. | Shury, John, fl. 1818–1849, engraver. | Cooke, William John, 1797–1865, engraver. | Mansell, Frederick, engraver. | Wesley, J., fl. 1828–1831, engraver. | Sims, W., engraver. | Owen, T., fl. 1829–1831, engraver. | Lambert, J. F., fl. 1829–1832, engraver. | Stow, George, engraver. | Stowe, J., fl. 1829, engraver. | Winkles, J. R., fl. 1829–1831, engraver. | Rolls, Henry, fl. 1831–1850, engraver. | Winkles, Richard, engraver. | Sandon, J., engraver. | Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791–1860, ill. | Gastineau, Henry, 1791–1876, ill. | Potter, Joseph, ill. | Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677, ill. | Fenner, Sears & Co., engraver.