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BUCK, Samuel (1696-1779) and Nathaniel BUCK (fl. 1724-1759)

Lot 161
10.07.2024 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 161 | BUCK, Samuel (1696-1779) and Nathaniel BUCK (fl. 1724-1759)
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£ 30 000 – 50 000
BUCK, Samuel (1696-1779) and Nathaniel BUCK (fl. 1724-1759)
Buck's Antiquities or Venerable Remains of above four hundred Castles, Monasteries, Palaces, etc. etc., in England and Wales – Buck’s Perspective Views of near One Hundred Cities and Chief Towns in England and Wales. London: Robert Sayer, 1774.
Rare complete set of the 511 engravings of monasteries, castles, abbeys, stately homes and ancient ruins of England and Wales, including the panorama of London and Westminster over 5 plates. Produced by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck between 1726-1753, their work is regarded as one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of topographical views to emerge from the 18th century. It was a monumental publishing project, with the Bucks travelling the country during the summer months, sketching en route, and then retreating to London in the winter to work up the engravings. Initially the brothers met with great commercial success, as reflected in the ostentatious mezzotint double portrait to the first volume. However, later they hit financial difficulties, and the copper plates were eventually sold to Robert Sayer, who reissued them as the present lot in 1774. 'Collectively their engravings constitute a national survey of ruins of the period, and provide us with an indispensable record of what English and Welsh towns looked like before the industrial revolution' (ODNB).

3 volumes, 2 vols folio (460 x 285mm) and broadsheet (457 x 460mm). Antiquities: mezzotint frontispiece double portrait, engraved title-page, 4 engraved head- and tailpieces in the text, double-page index map, 428 numbered plates of which 6 double-page folding: 67 Powderham Castle, Devon; 201, Melton Constable, Norfolk; 232, North Prospect of Worskop Manor; 233, South Prospect of Worskop Manor; 256, Bristol High Cross; and 297, Aston (frontispiece portrait, engraved title-page, letterpress title to vol. 2 and pl. 227 lightly spotted and browned, folding plates 256 and 297 with marginal tears without loss and some creasing confined to extremities, a few plates with very minor marginal soiling); Perspective Views: 83 double-page engraved plates all mounted on guards (variable browning, sometimes heavy, a few plates towards end dogeared, occasional light marginal soiling, first plate lightly creased, plates 14, 23 and 24 with minor marginal tears). Contemporary mottled calf (vols 1-2 rebacked, preserving most of the original spines, vol. 3 with front cover detached, corners bumped and frayed and spine labels almost detached, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Hawarden Castle (small library label on front pastedowns).
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