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London, John & Josiah Boydell, 1779-'86. In 4th oblong, 208 x 265 mm., engraved title page and 84 plates by W. Watts, light browning, contemporary binding in long-grain olive morocco, gilded frames and decorations, peeling and defects on the spine. Edward Filder's noble ex libris. Together in the lot three other similar volumes of views of English estates, dated 1779 and 1787.
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FIRST EDITION.
The delicate engravings of this work, Watt's most famous, offer today's viewers a very important testimony to English stately homes and the late eighteenth-century gardens that surrounded them. The engravings were made by Watts based on his own drawings and those of Indigo Jones and others. John Harris has shown that these views offer valuable contemporary evidence of the architecture and gardens of each estate. These include two views of Chiswick House, in Middlesex, seat of the Duke of Devonshire, another of Chatsworth, in Derbyshire, with modifications made by Lancelot Brown; Burghley House in Northamptonshire, seat of the Earl of Exeter, with Brown's alterations; Wilton House, seat of the Earl of Pembroke; Alnwick Castle, seat of the Duke of Northumberland; Charlton House in Wiltshire, seat of the Earl of Suffolk, designed by Indigo Jones; and many others.
The delicate engravings of this work, Watt's most famous, offer today's viewers a very important testimony to English stately homes and the late eighteenth-century gardens that surrounded them. The engravings were made by Watts based on his own drawings and those of Indigo Jones and others. John Harris has shown that these views offer valuable contemporary evidence of the architecture and gardens of each estate. These include two views of Chiswick House, in Middlesex, seat of the Duke of Devonshire, another of Chatsworth, in Derbyshire, with modifications made by Lancelot Brown; Burghley House in Northamptonshire, seat of the Earl of Exeter, with Brown's alterations; Wilton House, seat of the Earl of Pembroke; Alnwick Castle, seat of the Duke of Northumberland; Charlton House in Wiltshire, seat of the Earl of Suffolk, designed by Indigo Jones; and many others.
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