The Beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county
1801
The Beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county
1801
Added engraved t.p. in each vol In vol. XII-XVIII, title and imprint vary slightly "In the earlier volumes [I-VI] the letterpress seems to have been mainly Brayley's, while the general editing was ... Britton's."--Dict. nat. biog. (article Britton) Britton and Brayley "practically withdrew from the undertaking (1814) and other writers filled their places."--Dict. nat. biog. (article Brayley) Supplemented by: "Introduction to the original delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, intituled The Beauties of England and Wales. Comprising observations on the history and antiquities ... together with remarks on the progress of ... architecture in succeeding ages. By J. Norris Brewer." (xl, 676 p. : 2 fold. maps. ; 25 cm.) Published: London : Printed for J. Harris [etc.], 1818. Bibliography: p. [540]-584. Call number: DA625.B383 Includes indexes For full contents note see NUC pre-1956 cited above "List of books, & c" with each county v. 1. Bedfordshire ; Berkshire ; Buckinghamshire. 1801.--v.2. Cambridgeshire ; Cheshire ; Cornwall. 1801.--v.3. Cumberland ; Isle of Man ; Derbyshire. 1802.--v.4. Devonshire ; Dorsetshire. 1804.--v.5. Durham ; Essex ; Glocestershire. 1803.--v.6. Hampshire ; Isle of Wight ; Herefordshire. 1805.--v.7. Hertfordshire ; Huntingdonshire ; Kent / by E.W. Brayley. 1808.--v.8. Kent / by E.W. Brayley. 1808.--v.9. Lancashire ; Leicestershire ; Lincolnshire / by J. Britton. 1807.--v.10. Middlesex / by E.W. Brayley, J. Nightingale, J.N. Brewer. 1810-1816. (5 v. )--v.11. Monmouthshire ; Norfolk ; Northamptonshire / by J. Evans and J. Britton. 1810.--v.12. pt. 1. Northumberland / by J. Hodgson. Nottinghamshire / by F.C. Laird. 1813. --v.12. pt. 2. Oxfordshire / by J.N. Brewer. Rutlandshire / by F.C. Laird. 1813.--v.13. pt. 1. Shropshire ; Somersetshire. 1813.--v.13. pt. 2. Somersetshire ; Staffordshire /by J. Nightingale. 1813.--v.14. Suffolk ; Surrey ; Sussex / by F. Shoberl. 1813.--v.15. pt. 1. Wiltshire / by J. Britton. 1814.--v.15
