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PYNE (WILLIAM HENRY) The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore, 3 vol., A. Dry, 1819 image 1
PYNE (WILLIAM HENRY) The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore, 3 vol., A. Dry, 1819 image 2
PYNE (WILLIAM HENRY) The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore, 3 vol., A. Dry, 1819 image 3
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PYNE (WILLIAM HENRY)
The History of the Royal Residences, 3 vol., A. Dry, 1819

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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PYNE (WILLIAM HENRY)

The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore, 3 vol., half-titles, 100 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Wild, Sutherland, Stephanoff, Westall, and others, some light spotting or off-setting, nineteenth century half maroon morocco, worn with some scuff-marks [Abbey Scenery 396; Adams 132; Tooley 389], large 4to (340 x 275mm.), A. Dry, 1819

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A "sumptuously illustrated work" (ODNB) by William Henry Pyne, one of the founders of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, providing an important record of the interior decoration and picture hanging arrangements of the major Royal Palaces and Residences in the Regency period.

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