PYNE, William Henry (1769-1843). The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore . London: L. Harrison for A. Dry, 1819 [watermarked 1816-1818].
PYNE, William Henry (1769-1843). The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore . London: L. Harrison for A. Dry, 1819 [watermarked 1816-1818]. 3 volumes, 4° (338 x 280mm.). 100 hand-coloured aquatint plates after J. Stephanoff, C. Wild, W. Westall and R. Cattermole by T. Sutherland, R. Havell and others. (Title to vol. 3 spotted, otherwise mainly marginal spots and occasional stains.) Contemporary red morocco, sides with lavish borders in gilt and blind, large cornerpieces and central arabesque, spines gilt, gilt edges (rebacked preserving old spines, spines darkened and chipped, extremities rubbed, a few scratch marks on covers). Provenance : David Latimer St. Clair (bookplate). Pyne's work was not only the first to illustrate royal palaces and houses in any detail, but the most ambitious of all aquatint books on English interiors. Volume 1 is a valuable record of the state rooms of Windsor Castle formed for Charles II; volume 2 is devoted to Hampton Court, Buckingham Palace, and Kensington Palace, constructed for William III but so neglected by 1814 that the Duke of Kent complained of 'literally perishing with cold in my library'; volume 3 includes 20 plates showing Carlton House, considered to have had the most spectacular interiors in Regency London. Abbey Scenery 396; Tooley 389.
PYNE, William Henry (1769-1843). The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore . London: L. Harrison for A. Dry, 1819 [watermarked 1816-1818].
PYNE, William Henry (1769-1843). The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore . London: L. Harrison for A. Dry, 1819 [watermarked 1816-1818]. 3 volumes, 4° (338 x 280mm.). 100 hand-coloured aquatint plates after J. Stephanoff, C. Wild, W. Westall and R. Cattermole by T. Sutherland, R. Havell and others. (Title to vol. 3 spotted, otherwise mainly marginal spots and occasional stains.) Contemporary red morocco, sides with lavish borders in gilt and blind, large cornerpieces and central arabesque, spines gilt, gilt edges (rebacked preserving old spines, spines darkened and chipped, extremities rubbed, a few scratch marks on covers). Provenance : David Latimer St. Clair (bookplate). Pyne's work was not only the first to illustrate royal palaces and houses in any detail, but the most ambitious of all aquatint books on English interiors. Volume 1 is a valuable record of the state rooms of Windsor Castle formed for Charles II; volume 2 is devoted to Hampton Court, Buckingham Palace, and Kensington Palace, constructed for William III but so neglected by 1814 that the Duke of Kent complained of 'literally perishing with cold in my library'; volume 3 includes 20 plates showing Carlton House, considered to have had the most spectacular interiors in Regency London. Abbey Scenery 396; Tooley 389.
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