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Complete set of Thomas Dugdale’s
Curiosities
of Great Britain or England and Wales Delineated
Circa 1842-45
in eleven volumes.
This example also includes as Volume
XI:
An
Alphabetical Chronology of Remarkable Events
by Leonard Townsend.
Over
230 attractive steel-engraved views of England and Wales - sheet size 130 x 215 mm; views from 65 x 100 mm to 90 x 125 mm.
57
of 58 maps forming a complete atlas of England and Wales - 230 x 175 mm on sheet approx. 260 x 220 mm.
History:
Thomas
Dugdale’s Curiosities of Great Britain or England and Wales Delineated first
appeared circa 1835 with maps by Cole and Roper. This was published by John Tallis until Lucinda Tallis
took over her husband’s business when he died; their son, John Tallis, published this work with her from c.1843. However, by this time Cole and Roper’s maps were progressively
being replaced with maps in a similar style by Joshua Archer. Editions
consisting of 4, 8, 9 and 11 volumes were issued.
Joshua Archer (fl.1830-1850) was a prolific engraver of
maps. He produced a series of maps for William Pinnock,
a part series of Diocese maps for the British
Magazine (1841-1844),
some of the maps for Henry Fisher and engraved a set for Thomas Dugdale’s Curiosities of Great Britain. These
Dugdale maps were engraved by Archer to replace those by Cole and Roper using maps produced 30 years
earlier.
The maps
continued to be used in other works ostensibly by Dugdale, but edited by the Rev.
J Barclay (issued in parts),
William Goldsmith or E L Blanchard and published by John (d.1842) or Lucinda Tallis and company.
THIS
SET:
Each
volume I-X set out as follows: Frontispiece, title page, number of engraved
views (approx. 18-28), set of maps, gazetteer of England and Wales with
pagination carrying on from previous volume.
Volume
I: Frontispiece of 3 central views surrounded by 10
vignette views and 2 roundels with portraits of Chaucer and Shakspeare (sic),
title page with view of Warkworth Hermitage with imprint below this of L
Tallis, 28 engraved views, two maps E&W, 7 county maps numbered 1-10 (map 7
is missing, Cheshire), gazetteer of England and Wales with pagination 5-164.
Volume
II: Frontispiece of Ingestrie, title page with view of Tintern
Abbey with no imprint, 28 engraved views, 10 county maps (one is Isle of Wight)
numbered 11-20, gazetteer of England and Wales with pagination 165-324.
Volume
III: Frontispiece of High Street, Pembroke, title page
with view of Birth-Place of Cowper with imprint below this of L Tallis, 18
engraved views, 10 county maps numbered 21-30, gazetteer of England and Wales
with pagination 325-484.
Volume
IV: Frontispiece of The Nelson Column, title page with
view of Cowper´s Summer House with imprint below this of L Tallis, 18 engraved
views, 10 county maps numbered 31-40, gazetteer of England and Wales with
pagination 485-644.
Volume
V: Frontispiece of The Monument, title page with view of
Handy Hall with imprint below this of L Tallis, 18 engraved views, 10 maps
(several Yorks, Anglesea) numbered 41-50, gazetteer of England and Wales with
pagination 645-804.
Volume
VII: Frontispiece of The Duke of Yorks Column, title page
with view of the present Sir Peel´s Birthplace with no imprint, 28 engraved
views, gazetteer of England and Wales with pagination 965-1124.
Volume
VIII: Frontispiece of Winchester Cross, title page with
view of The Marble Arch with no imprint, 26 engraved views, gazetteer of
England and Wales with pagination 1125-1284.
Volume
IX: Frontispiece of Boston Church, title page with view
of the Quadrant, Regent Street with no imprint, 28 engraved views, gazetteer of
England and Wales with pagination 1285-1428.
Volume
X: Frontispiece of The Statue of Nelson, title page with
view of the Guildhall, Exeter with no imprint, 25 engraved views, gazetteer of
England and Wales with pagination 1446-1586. One extra leaf 815-816 as title
page to Vol II of a different set, beginning G (i.e. not called for and not
necessary).
Volume
XI: Frontispiece of The Statue of Lord Hill, title page
An Alphabetical
Chronology of Remarkable Events ... by Leonard Townsend with view of The
New Gresham College but no imprint, 24 engraved portraits (some with Tallis
imprints), text title page with imprint Tallis & Co., 2 page Preface,
Alphabetical Chronology 1-140.
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