Excerpt from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1: With Descriptive and Historical Letterpress The history of Windsor Castle is the history of England and of England's Kings and Queens. To do it justice would require a far abler pen than mine, and far more space than is allowed by the narrow limits of a work like the present. The building 'is worthy of England, and of the long and illustrious line of monarchs that have sat upon our throne, and though ...
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Excerpt from A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1: With Descriptive and Historical Letterpress The history of Windsor Castle is the history of England and of England's Kings and Queens. To do it justice would require a far abler pen than mine, and far more space than is allowed by the narrow limits of a work like the present. The building 'is worthy of England, and of the long and illustrious line of monarchs that have sat upon our throne, and though there are many more striking and more picturesque situations to be found among those that abound in the broad lands of the island, there is perhaps none more thoroughly suitable for the Palace of the Ruling Sovereign of England, inasmuch as there is none more thoroughly English in its character and features. Standing as it does on a gentle eminence in a part of the country which is neither at nor mountainous, and surrounded as far as the eye can reach by beautiful Home scenery of a similar character, the winding Thames completes the beauty of the landscape, and at the same time carries to the ocean the story of the events which unite for ever its own name with those of Britain, thence to be borne by our ships of native oak to every corner of the globe - a world-wide history, the History of England. Windsor Castle, originally a fortress of the Roman invaders, and probably of previous existence, was founded by william the conqueror, and has, as might be supposed, received numberless alterations and additions since. According to some historians, it was' newly built by Henry I., where, in 1122, he celebrated his marriage with his second Queen, Adeliza of Louvain. In the centre of the building, and raised on a mound, is the keep, or round tower, from which a full view of the neighbouring country is obtained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Good. A single volume 2 of series, but possibly incomplete in itself. Quarto, 11 1/4" tall, blind-stamped red cloth with gilt, includes pages 37 to 64 present, plus 13 aqua tint illustrations. A good copy only, overall, with primary defects being: the cloth back strip over the spine missing; front hinge broken and cover loose; there is no title page (if one were issued for each volume), several pages at the rear loose, text pages lightly yellowed with minor marginal foxing for the most part, prints are are mostly clean, and the images are all bright, but the paper of four of the prints has darkened with foxing. Includes 'Lea, ' 'Farnham House, ' 'Ilam Hall, ' 'Warwick Castle, ' 'Burton Constable, ' 'Franks, ' 'Chatsworth, ' 'Guy's Cliffe, ' 'Knowsley Hall, ' 'Garnstone, ' 'Trentham Hall, ' 'Charlecote, ' and 'Ripley Castle, ' with color illustration for each.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback. Undated-probably 1800s. In tan cloth, with elaborate gilt & black decoration & titles; blind-stamped back board; all page edges gilt; colour plates with plain paper over-lays. Some foxing & browning, quite heavy on first & last few pages; front hinge repaired; light shelf-wear at head & foot of spine.
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