[BRAYLEY, EDWARD & JOHN BRITTON].

Hertfordshire [taken from] The Beauties of England and Wales. Or Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive of each County.

[London: printed by Thomas Maiden for Vernor & Hood. Lomngman & Co...B Crosby.] 1805. Pp [5]-324, picture of Ambleside loosely inserted. Later marbled wraps with printed paper spine label, marbled leaf edges. 21 cm x 14 cm. Faint ink stamps to wraps, contents age browned.

-- John Turton

Book number: 30319

[BRAYLEY, EDWARD] [BRITTON, JOHN]

1811 Engraving, Carisbrook Castle, Isle of Wight [England]

Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Poultry, London, 1811. Print. Ill.: Thompson; Greig, J. Very Good. Matted and reading for framing. Untrimmed. Faintly foxed, mainly to the lower margin. 1811 Print. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 sheet matted to 5 x 6 1/2 (mat measures 8 3/8 x 10 1/2). Engraving by J. Greig from a drawing by Thompson, taken from Edward Brayley's and John Britton's 'The Beauties of England and Wales'. An artistic rendering that also provides a good level of architectural detail, particularly interesting are several uniquely shaped arrow slits. The print focuses on the large gatehouse, and shows a figure sitting beneath the wall lining the approach.

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Book number: 1665489

Catalogue: 1BF

Keywords: Castles & Fortifications Ephemera Thompson; Greig, J. Castles & Fortifications Ephemera

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE,

ANCIENT PALACE AND LATE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AT WESTMINSTER.

1836. Very Good. BRAYLEY, Edward Wedlake, and John Britton. THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT PALACE AND LATE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AT WESTMINSTER. Embracing accounts and illustrations of St. Stephen's Chapel, and its cloisters, Westminster Hall, The Court of Requests, The Painted Chamber, etc. London: John Weale, Architectural Library, 1836. With 48 illustrations (41 of 41 engravings are here but out-of-sequence). 476 pp. 4to., quarter leather, marbled paper sides, gilt title to spine, t.e.g. Ex-library; bookplate to front and rear pastedown and no other marks. Spine and boards show some rubbing. Edges are worn, especially at joints. Glue repair to spine covering near crown. Marbled endpapers. Internally clean and fresh. About very good.

-- Boston Book Company

Book number: 74846

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE AND JOHN BRITTON.

"the Beauties of England and Wales; or Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County. Embellished with Engravings"

Volumes 1-5, London, Vernor & Hood, 1801-1803 Five large octavos in original published boards, uncut, unopened, deckle edges, paper lettering labels. Lacking one board, else a pristine set. Complete with all 132 tissue guarded copper plates of views as called for in the prospectus bound in volume five. Unlikely to be found in better state. * VOLUME 1 - Bedfordshire/Berkshire/Buckinghamshire. Pub. Vernor and Hood et al 1801. 400 pages plus bibliography and index. 30 engraved plates. Engraved frontis, . VOLUME 2 - Cambridgeshire/Cheshire/Cornwall. Pub. Vernor and Hood et al 1802. 524 pages plus bibliography and index . 23 engraved plates. Engraved frontis . VOLUME 3 - Cumberland/Derbyshire. Pub. Vernor and Hood et al 1803. 552 pages plus bibliography and index. 31 engraved plates. Engraved frontis VOLUME 4 - Devonshire/Dorsetshire. Pub. Vernor and Hood 1803. 560 pages plus bibliography and index. 32 engraved plates. VOLUME 5 - Durham/Essex/Gloucestershire. Pub. Vernor and Hood et al 1803. 736 pages plus bibliography and index. 37 engraved plates. Engraved frontis.

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Book number: 65744

Keywords: english counties local history topography

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE

The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Original Delineation's, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive of Each County. Volume VIII Kent [In Two Volumes]

London Printed for Vernor, Hood and Sharpe 1808. Two Volumes. London 1808. Matching full polished calf, raised bands with gilt title, volume number lettering to the spines, gilt dentilles, marble page edges and end papers. 8vo. 9½'' x 6''. Contains printed pages of text from page 405-1366 over the two volumes plus 32 page Kent Index to both. Embellished with monochrome engravings throughout. Old bookplate of 'Thomas Brownrigg' to each front paste down, external joints a little cracked, general surface rubbing to the boards, hinges firm and sound, without any ownership markings, only very minimal foxing with the plates being hardly affected.

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Book number: 47244

Catalogue: KENT Thomas Brownrigg

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE AND JOHN BRITTON

The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Delineation's, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive of Each County. Volume V Durham, Essex, and Gloucestershire

London Printed for Vernor, Hood, Longman and Rees 1803. London 1803. Disbound original binding with boards loose, spine cover missing. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xvi] 736 [32 page index] printed pages of text with tipped-in monochrome engravings. Reference or rebinding condition, hence price.

-- Little Stour Books Books (Member of PBFA)

Book number: 53943

Catalogue: ENGLAND TRAVEL & TOPOGRAPHY

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE AND JOHN BRITTON.

"the Beauties of England and Wales; or Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County. Embellished with Engravings : Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Herefordshire"

Volumes 6, London, Vernor & Hood, 1805 HAMPSHIRE, ISLE OF WIGHT, HEREFORDSHIRE, First Edition, 599pp plus bibliography and index, royal 8vo, additional engraved title and 25 fine engraved topographical plates. In original published boards, uncut, unopened, deckle edges, paper lettering labels. Front board loose, in pristine internal state.

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Book number: 65745

Keywords: english counties local history topography HAMPSHIRE, ISLE OF WIGHT, HEREFORDSHIRE

WEDLAKE BRAYLEY, EDWARD

The Beauties of England and Wales, or Original Delineations

London, Vernor, Hood and Sharpe. 1808. Quarter Leather, 8vo Thick. Ex-Library, Boards are considerably damaged, reading copy, PP are very clean and tidy, please ask for scans if necessary. Poor/No Jacket.

-- Bookcase

Book number: 43762

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE

The Beauties of England and Wales Volume X Part I (Middlesex, Part Only)

GB, London. 1810. This is just a DISBOUND TEXT (no covers). Fairly clean tight text but title page heavily browned and some spotting throughout. Working copy or suitable to rebind. Good.

-- Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976) (Bookdealer)

Book number: f028A.020

BRAYLEY, EDWARD

Delineations, Historical and Topographical, of the Isle of Thanet and the Cinque Ports. Volume 1 Only [ of 2 ]

Shgerwood, Neely & Jones, London 1817 160pp small 8vo with vignette 1/2 title, map and 50 engraved copperplates of dated views, engraved for this work. Original gilt morocco boards loose, lacking backstrip, small round blindstamsp to margins of soem plates. Rare.

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Book number: 107710

Keywords: Delineations, historical and topographical, of the Isle of Thanet and the Cinque Ports, Delineations, historical and topographical, of the Isle of Thanet and the Cinque Ports.

EDWARD WEDLAKE BRAYLEY

The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster...

Vol. One, 1818 ...including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation. 250pp folio with copperplate frontispieces and 68 other plates of views by John Preston Neale. Containing full list of subscribers. Gilt decorated buckram. Some wear to backstrip and boards, front board loose, library stamps to title and margin of some lates, otherwise internally fine.

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Book number: 43682

Keywords: religions religious buildings churches cathedrals architecture designs structures

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE. JOHN BRITTON

The History of the Ancient Palace and Late Houses of Parliament at Westminster . . . / By Edward Wedlake Brayley, and John Britton

London : John Weale. Architectural Library 1836. 1st Edition. No. of pages: 476. Physical desc. : xvi. 476 p. : ill.plates. plan ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subject: Westminster Palace (London. England). Great Britain. Parliament -- History. Fine copy in library binding of full raw linen over boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Weight in Kg appr.: 1

-- MW Books

Book number: 129407

BRAYLEY, W E, EDITED AND REVISED BY EDWARD WALFORD:

History of Surrey [complete in four volumes].

London: Virtue & Co, nd [c. 1880]. 4 volumes, no edition stated. 4to, xi, 391pp; v, 390pp; v, 392pp; vi, 396pp. Frontispiece and title vignette to each volume, 71 steel engraved plates (including 3 colour maps), 75 wood engravings in text. Uniformly bound in the publisher's red cloth with lavish gilt titling and decoration to the front boards and spines, all edges gilt. A little rubbing to extremities of bindings, some bumping of corners, a few hinges cracked (and repaired), some minor foxing, but generally this is a bright, near-VG set.

-- Cornell Books Ltd.

Book number: 7750

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE, AND JOHN BRITTON

The History of the Ancient Palace and Late Houses of Parliament at Westminster: Embracing Accounts and Illustrations of St. Stephen's Chapel, and its Cloisters, - Westminster Hall, - The Court of Requests, - The Painted Chamber, &c. &c.

London, John Weale, 1836. Hardcover. pp. xvi, 476. Thick Royal 8vo. Bound in 3/4 leather, with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. 47 engravings: 40 full-page plates (including engraved title), and seven engravings in the text. One listed plate is missing. Joints professionally reinforced with japan paper, new endpapers. Spine pulled at ends, causing a few small chips, some scuffing, boards curled inward at corners, occasional pencil marks to margins, some light foxing to a few of the plates; good. The design of this work is to develop the genuine history of the Palatial and Parliamentary Buildings of Westminster, by a diligent inquiry into their origin, appropriation, and architectural characteristics, and by an earnest endeavour to furnish an insight into the relative states of courtly and national society at different periods.

-- Bison Books

Book number: 016830

Catalogue: Architecture

Keywords: English Architecture; Church; History; Description; Palatial; Edifices;

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE AND JOHN BRITTON

The History of the Ancient Palace and Late Houses of Parliament at Westminster

London, John Weale. 1936. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled: Embracing accounts and illustrations of St. Stpehens Chapel, and its cloisters, Westminster Hall, The Court of Requests, The Painted Chamber &c. &c. Illustrated by engravings. Brown buckram, plum title block, gilt. Spine crease and some rubbing. ink inscription. 41 of 41 engravings present & in sequence incl. frontispiece. Little hiatus between three sections of the binding, causing the a couple of page to be proud of edge 1mm in two place. Cloth binding showing just before back free endpaper, may indicate a repair. Minor foxing, otherwise all good or VG. Robust packaging. 1st class post to the UK, Airmail worldwide. Good/No Jacket.

-- M. Godding Ltd.

Book number: 027375

Catalogue: Art Architecture Photography

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE: (NEALE, JOHN PRESTON. ILLUS.:)

History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster: Including Notices and Biographical Memoirs of the Abbots and Deans of that Foundation.

London: J.P. Neale, Printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Co., 1818; 1823. First edition. 2 vols. 4to., pp. [xx] 227 [xxi] 72 [x]; [ii] 304, [xl] + 62 engraved plates including frontispieces and additional engraved titles. Light spotting, especially to plates. Original purple cloth, boards decorated in blind with central gilt design, spines elaborately gilt, a bit scuffed, worn at joints and spine ends, joints reinforced, new endpapers, cloth faded to brown at spine and board edges. The first edition of English topographer E.W Brayley’s (1773-1854) well-illustrated study of Westminster Abbey, often known as ‘Neale’s Westminster Abbey’ after the illustrator.

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Book number: 32027

Catalogue: Antiquarian: Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries

Keywords: Antiquarian: Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries History: London

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE.

LONDINANA; Or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis: Including Characteristic Sketches Antiquarian, Topographical, Descriptive and Literary.

Hurst Chance and Co., 1829. 1st Ed. 4 vols. 12mo. 102 plates including many folding. Some light browning, discreet inscriptions, contemporary marbled boards with gilt rule edged corners rubbed, nicely rebacked in modern calf with gilt fillet and gilt lettered title labels to spines.
¶ Edward Wedlake Brayley (1773–1854), topographer and archaeologist. ODNB ’... His topographical works bear scrutiny because of his competence in a range of scientific, literary, and artistic subjects, a breadth of knowledge which few other contemporary topographers could match ...’

-- Francis Edwards Booksellers

Book number: 210928

Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: ENGLAND

Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; ENGLAND

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE,

Londiniana; or, Reminiscences of the British Metropolis . ..

London: Hurst, Chance, and Co, 1829. 2 vols., 8vo. Engraved fold-out frontispiece in each vol. and numerous engraved plates throughout. xxiv, 304; xx, 312; xx, 344; xx, 354, [2, ads] pp. Later nineteenth-century half morocco and marbled boards, joints rubbed. Very good.

-- James Cummins Bookseller

Book number: 244364

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE [ET AL.]

"London and Middlesex; or, an Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of the Metropolis of Great Britain. "

London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe [et al.] -16, 1810. 4 vols bound in 5 (as usual). Large, thick 8vo. (24 x 15 cm.). Contemporary straight grain navy blue morocco and marbled boards. 147 (of 148) engraved plates (lacking the second view of Buckingham Palace in Vol.IV at p.621, seemingly never bound in). Without the engraved frontispieces found when this set sold as part of the overall Beauties of England series. Some rubbing. Large decorative bookplates of the Guildhall Library, with its cancels. Some rubbing, sl. wear, but a fine set.

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Book number: 103686

Keywords: "London and Middlesex; or, an Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of the Metropolis of Great Britain."

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE

London and Middlesex; Or, an Historical, and Commercia,L, and Descriptive Survey of the Metropolis of Great-Britain. . . (5 Vols)

London, Vernor, Hood and Sharpe. 1810, First Thus. (ISBN: No ISBN) Binders Drab Cloth, 8vo. Brayley wrote the text for vols 1 and 2. Joseph Nightingale wrote the text for vols 3 and 4, and J. Norris Brewer wrote the text for vol. 5. Strictly speaking vol 3 was published in two parts, but the title labels on the spines give each volume a separate number. There are in total 147 pages of engravings, though some pages have two engravings, and the total number of separate engravings is 154. The engravings in each volume have been bound together, not as indicated in the directions to the binder. The cloth is uniformly soiled and scuffed, and is chipped and broken at the head of three volumes, most notably Vol. 1. There is some foxing both to the plates and to the text throughout the set. VG/N/a.

-- Peter Goodden Books Ltd

Book number: 23461

Keywords: 19th Century Engraved Views, English Topography,

BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE; EDITED AND REVISED BY EDWARD WALFORD

A Topographical History of Surrey. Volume IV only.

London: Virtue and Co. First Edition. Hardcover. Front board detached (hanging on by cloth of inner hinge). Internally good. Scattered foxing to plates, mainly to blank margins. Tissue guards present to plates. ; No date (c. 1880's). NB: Volume 4 only of a 4 volume set. vi, 396 pages + frontis + extra illustrated title page + plates (steel engravings). Half -leather binding. All page edges gilt. Dimensions: 12 3/8" by 9 3/4".; 4to. Fair with no dust jacket .

-- Renaissance Books

Book number: 4707

BRITTON, JOHN & BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE

The Beauties of England and Wales Vol Iv

Vernor & Hood, 1st 1809. Hardback. Slightly better than very good condition. Leather spine and corners. Raised band, gilt title to spine. Marbled boards and endpapers. Includes Devon and Dorset. 21 b/w plates of Devon and 11 of Dorset. 560 pages + extensive booklist and index. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Contents exceptionally clean and bright.

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Book number: 823440

Keywords: TOPOGRAPHY (UK) SOUTH WEST UK DEVON DORSET HISTORY HISTORY (BRITISH) ANTIQUARIAN LEATHER BINDING

BRITTON, JOHN & BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE

The Beauties of England and Wales Vol V

Vernor & Hood, 1803. Hardback. Good condition. Full brown leather binding. Raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Contains 736 pages + booklist, index. B/w plates. Durham, Essex and Glocestershire (sic). Contents very good. Front board almost detached.

-- Stella & Rose's Books

Book number: 572943

Keywords: TOPOGRAPHY (UK) TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL) DURHAM ESSEX GLOUCESTERSHIRE YORKSHIRE EAST ANGLIA SOUTH WEST UK ANTIQUARIAN LEATHER BINDING BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND

BRITTON, JOHN AND BRAYLEY, EDWARD WEDLAKE

The Beauties of England and Wales....vol 1 Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire

Published by Vernor and Hood, Poultry, London, 1810. vignette title, frontispiece, iv, 400 numbered pages, [4] page publisher's catalogue at rear, [11] page index at rear both unnumbered, 27 plates, some of the cuts in the text look like Thomas Bewick's work, First Edition, front cover detached, some pages tanned, a little foxing, internally good, acceptable condition, quarter black roan and marbled paper, Octavo, Hardback.

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Book number: 49425

Keywords: Britton, John and Brayley, Edward Wedlake, The Beauties of England and Wales....vol 1 Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire Thomas Bewick"

BRITTON,JOHN AND EDWARD WEDLAKE BRAYLEY

THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES; or Delineations Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of each County. Vol.III CUMBERLAND, ISLE OF MAN, DERBYSHIRE

London, Vernor & Hood, Longman .. & B.Crosby 1802 Frontispiece + 28 plates + engraved pictorial titlepage. . Octavo calf gilt (spine splitting at hinges tips worn) Frontis & Engraved Title +552pp +[10]pp bibliography for each county +[12]pp index & errata. Two or three plates foxed else clean and tight copy.

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Book number: V72443

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: Cumberland Isle Man Derbyshire England topography