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The Beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county

John Britton (Author), E. W. Brayley (Author), Joseph Nightingale (Author), J. N. Brewer (Author), J. Evans (Author), John Hodgson (Author), Francis Charles Laird (Author), Frederic Shoberl (Author), John Bigland (Author), Thomas Rees (Author), Thomas Maiden (Printer), J. Harris (Publisher), B. Crosby (Bookseller), Vernor and Hood (Bookseller), Longman and Rees (London, England) (Publisher), Cuthell and Martin (Publisher), John and Arthur Arch (Publisher), W. J. and J. Richardson (Firm) (Publisher)
Print Book, English, 1801-1816
Printed by Thomas Maiden, for Vernor and Hood [and 6 others], London, 1801-1816
18 volumes in 25 : illustrations, plates ; 24 cm
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v. 1. Bedfordshire ; Berkshire ; Buckinghamshire. 1801
v.2. Cambridgeshire ; Cheshire ; Cornwall. 1801
v.3. Cumberland ; Isle of Man ; Derbyshire. 1802
v.4. Devonshire ; Dorsetshire. 1803
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. pt. 2. Warwickshire / by F.C. Laird. 1814
v.16. Yorkshire / by J. Bigland. 1812
v.17. North Wales / by J. Evans. 1812
v.18. South Wales / by T. Rees. 1815
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
For full contents note see NUC pre-1956 cited above