A guide to Burghley House, Northamptonshire, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter : containing a catalogue of all the paintings, antiquities, &c. : with biographical notices of the artists.
Alternate Title(s):
Guide to Burghley House, in Northamptonshire, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter
Published / Created:
Stamford : Printed and published by John Drakard, High Street : and sold by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy : and Nichols and Son, in London, 1815.
Physical Description:
x, 292, [4] pages, [5] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 28 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsDA664.B8 B5 1815 Copy 1 OversizeRare Books and ManuscriptsDA664.B8 B5 1815 Copy 2 OversizeRare Books and ManuscriptsDA664.B8 B5 1815 Copy 3 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With an added engraved title page: A guide to Burghley House, in Northamptonshire, the seat of the Marquis of Exeter.Engravings by Henry William Burgess, John Greig, R. Penny, and James Storer; after Edward Blore and Henry William Burgess.Index to the portraits: p. [1]-[4] at end.Authorship ascribed by Halkett & Laing.Halkett, S. Dictionary of anonymous and pseudonymous publications in the English language (3rd ed.), v. II, p. 417Holmes, M. Country house described, p. 55BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is a large paper copy. Bound in contemporary red quarter morocco and brown boards. Frontispiece, Burgley House, near Stamford, repeated as plate. Lacks plate with title Burghley Lodge. Includes publisher's advertisements, [2] pages at end.BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is bound in contemporary calf with marbled boards (22 cm). Lacks added engraved title page. Bookplate: Rupert Gunnis. Inscription: N.B. More [illegible]. Lacks ground plan of Burghley House and reference to the plan included in copy 1. Lacks publisher's advertisment present at end of copy 1.BAC: British Art Center copy 3 is bound in publisher's original brown printed paper covered boards (24 cm). Publisher's advertisements printed on back cover. Lacks added engraved title page. With publisher's advertisement [2] p. at end. Bound by John Davies, Bookseller, etc. Shewsbury. Lacks ground plan of Burghley House and reference to the plan included in copy 1.
Contents:
Burghley House, near Stamford -- The Lodges -- Pedigree of the Marquis of Exeter -- Ground plans of Burghley House. Reference to the plan.
Subject Terms:
Burghley House (Stamford, England) -- Guidebooks. | Burghley House (Stamford, England) -- Catalogs. | Art -- Private collections -- England -- Stamford -- Catalogs. | Painting -- Private collections -- England -- Stamford -- Catalogs. | Antiques -- Private collections -- England -- Stamford -- Catalogs. | Country houses -- England -- Stamford. | Gunnis, Rupert -- Bookplate. | More, N.B. -- Autograph. | Davies, John -- Bookbinder.