Berry, William, 1774-1851, The history of the island of Guernsey , 1815
- Title(s):
- The history of the island of Guernsey : part of the ancient duchy of Normandy, from the remotest period of antiquity to the year 1814 : containing an interesting account of the island : its government, civil, military, and ecclesiastical : peculiar privileges, customs, etc. with particulars of the neighbouring islands of Alderney, Serk, and Jersey : compiled from the valuable collections of the late Henry Budd, Esq., His Majesty's receiver, and more than thirty years resident in the island : (collected by him for the purpose of publication, which his death prevented) : as well as from authentic documents, Royal Charters, public records, and private manuscripts / by William Berry, Late of the college of arms, London ; embellished and illustrated with a correct map of the island ; view of the town ; plates of the churches, castles, and other public buildings, gentlemen's sets, &c. &c. &c.
- Published/Created:
- London : Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row; and John Hatchard, 190, opposite Albany, Piccadilly, 1815.
- Physical Description:
- vii, [5], 348 p., [30] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., map ; 28 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA670.G9 B5 1815+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA670.G9 B5 1815+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA670.G9 B5 1815+ Copy 3 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/190316
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Engravings by J. Wilson and Joseph Constantine Stadler; after William Berry and J. Carter.
Printed by J. Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket, London.
At head of title: Dedicated, by gracious permission, to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent.
Anderson, J.P. Book of British topography, p. 26
"List of subscribers"--P. [ix]-[xii].
Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 551
BAC : British Art Center has three copies. Copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Copy 2 has the stamp of Alfred Hiley. Copy 3 has the bookplate and autograph of H.J. Beresford Clements. The preliminaries, map, and first plate have been bound in different orders in copies 2 and 3. - Subject Terms:
- Bretell, J. -- Printer.Clements, H. J. Beresford -- Autography. (BACRB copy 3)Clements, H. J. Beresford -- Bookplate. (BACRB copy 3)Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1815.Guernsey (Channel Islands) -- History.Hatchard, John -- Publisher.Hiley, Alfred -- Stamp. (BACRB copy 2)Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown -- Publisher.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1815.
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