Main entry:

Seeley, B. (Benton)

Title & Author:

Stow : the gardens of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham : Containing, I. Forty views of the temples and other ornamental buildings in the said gardens; as also two views of the house. II. A description of all the buildings, copies of the inscriptions, and translations of them. III. A dialogue upon the said gardens.

Publication:

London : Printed for B. Seeley ... and sold by John and James Rivington ... and Robert Sayer, [1750]

Description:

3 pts. in 1 v. ([13] leaves (1 folded); [6], 26 p.; [4], 56 p.) : ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes:
Dedication signed B. Seeley.
Part II has special t.p.: A Description of the gardens of Lord Viscount Cobham, at Stow in Buckinghamshire. 6th ed., corr. and enl. 1749.
Part III also has special t.p.: A Dialogue upon the gardens of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham, at Stow in Buckinghamshire. 2nd ed. corr. 1749.
The "Dialogue" is by William Gilpin.

Summary:

First ed. consisting of a reissue of what are here parts 2 and 3.

Subject:

Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749.
Historic buildings
Stowe House (Buckinghamshire, England)
Stowe Gardens (England)
England Historic houses, etc.
Stowe Gardens (Angleterre)
England Buckinghamshire Stowe House
England
England Stowe Gardens

Form/genre:

Engravings (prints)

Added entries:

Seeley, B. (Benton). Description of the gardens of Lord Viscount Cobham, at Stow in Buckinghamshire. 6th ed., corr. and enl. 1749.
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804. Dialogue upon the gardens of the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Cobham, at Stow in Buckinghamshire. 2nd. ed. corr. 1749.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 101418
Call No.: ID:85-B15737
Copy: 3 PTS IN 1 v.
Status: Available