James Norris Brewer, A Descriptive and Historical Account of Various Palaces and Public Buildings. English and Foreign with Biographical Notices of Their Founders or Builders and Other Eminent Persons. Published by W. H. Wyatt, London, 1810. 11" x 8-1/2". Full calf with green marbled edges. Stenciled design around edges in gilt. 323 pp. Sixteen engraved plates.
Brewer was a contributor to the Beauties of England and Wales series and here provides accounts of Somerset House, Linlithgow Palace, India House, the Escurial, Windsor Castle, the Seraglio of Constantinople, the Cotsea Bhaug (Hindustan), Hampton Court, Monte Cavallo, Warwick Castle, the Trevi Fountain, the Castle of Conway, Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood House and the Pantheon of Paris.
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