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Badminton in the County of Gloucester. Beeverell c1727.

Badminton in the County of Gloucester. Beeverell c1727.

by Beeverell, James

18thC antique print. Badminton, Gloucestershire. Badminton estate in Gloucestershire is the home of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort.

Original fine copperplate-engraved view of a grand English country estate for Les Delices de la Grand Bretagne et de l'Irlande, Ouvrage tres utile et tres curieux which translates roughly as "Estates of Great Britain and Ireland, Useful and Curious Works". This exquisite little engraving (with later fine hand-tinting with watercolour) is printed on watermarked paper with two vertical fold marks, for a pocket edition by James Beeverell published in 1727 by prominent mapmaker of Leyden, Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), reducing the grand views of eminent topographical draughtsman Johannes Kip (1653-1722) for Britannia Illustrata, ... Nobility or Gentry of Great Britain, published in London circa 1708.

Plate size 13cm x 16cm (5 x 6.5 inches). Page size 15 x 20cm (6 x 8 inches), with two vertical folds for pocket publication.

Stock Number: apBeev665oPrice: $250.00

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