Stow : the gardens of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham ...
Published / Created:
London : Printed for B. Seeley, bookseller in Buckingham, and sold by John and James Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-yard, and Robert Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, [1751].
Physical Description:
[4], [4], 28 p., [11] leaves of plates (one folded) : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates by George Vertue and Gerard Van der Gucht; after Benton Seeley.
Contents:
(from t.p.) I. Forty views of the temples and other ornamental buildings in the said gardens, as also two views of the house -- II. A description of all the buildings, copies of the inscriptions, and translations of them -- III. A dialogue upon the said gardens
Subject Terms:
Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749. | Stowe House (England) | Seeley, B. -- Publisher. | Rivington, John and James -- Publisher. | Sayer, Robert -- Publisher. | Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain. | Gardens -- Great Britain. | Engraving -- Specimens -- [1751].
Contributors:
Vertue, George, 1684–1756, engraver. | Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696–1776, engraver. | Seeley, B. (Benton), ill. | Gilpin, William, 1724–1804. Dialogue containing a description of the gardens of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham.