'Lincolnshire or Original Delineations' and 'The Beauties of England and Wales'
Reference code
WIL/01, 02, 01&02
Title
'Lincolnshire or Original Delineations' and 'The Beauties of England and Wales'
Date
1807-1818
Level of description
Series
Extent and format
Three volumes.
Quarto (WIL/01, 02); octavo (WIL/01&02).
Originally half russet (red, WIL/01&02) with marbled boards.
Presentation note from Britton to 'Mr Wilson junr.' 'Nov 1808' in WIL/01&02.
Quarto (WIL/01, 02); octavo (WIL/01&02).
Originally half russet (red, WIL/01&02) with marbled boards.
Presentation note from Britton to 'Mr Wilson junr.' 'Nov 1808' in WIL/01&02.
Scope and content
Interleaved and extra-illustrated copies of John Britton, 'Lincolnshire or Original Delineations' (1818) and 'The Beauties of England and Wales' (1807) (Lincolnshire section).
Creator
Britton, John (1771-1857), topographer and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/786/1-2 and 1 & 2
Archival history
Sotheby's sale, 30 May 1888, lots 290, 291.