Kip (Johannes) Nouveau Theatre de le Grande Bretagne..., 3 vol. and Atlas together in 4 vol. (without Supplement of 1728), titles in red & black with engraved royal arms, 271 engraved plates on 254 sheets by JohannesKip after Kip, Leonard Knyff and others (mostly as listed, see below), most double-page and/or folding, and 40 engraved maps, all text & plates mounted on stubs, vol.1 part 1 generally clean but the rest with some light soiling or browning, a few large folding plates frayed at edges, some tears and repairs, mostly marginal but occasionally extending into plate, c.75 plates and 25 maps laid down or trimmed close and mounted on later sheets (mostly in vol.2 & 3), handsome panelled mottled calf with gilt-roll borders and corner-pieces, rebacked with gilt spines and red roan labels, rubbed, corners bumped, spine ends a little worn, a few splits to joints, [Berlin Kat. 2328], folio, David Mortier, 1715-16-14-15-14.

⁂ Splendid work depicting England's great country houses and estates, as well as views of naval towns, royal palaces, panoramas etc.; including prospects of London, Cambridge, Oxford, Westminster, St.Paul's and Edinburgh, and large folding plates of the royal hospitals of Chelsea & Greenwich, and St.James's, Kensington, Windsor & Hampton Court palaces, the Eddystone lighthouse and extensive royal genealogical table, as well as Kip's magnificent bird's eye views of country houses. This set also includes the atlas of English counties, often missing.

Vol.1 ...Description exacte des Palais du Roy, et des Maisons les plus considerables des Seigneurs & des Gentilshommes..., 2 parts in 2 vol., 1715-16, Part 1 with 79 engraved plates, no plate 7 of Windsor Castle as listed but including folding plate 24* of Hatfield House and with plate 12 depicting Broadgate, Leics., rather than Badminton; title creased; Part 2 with 64 engraved plates; plate 2 Alderly from another copy/work (trimmed close and mounted on later sheet), title creased

Vol.2 ...Description exacte des Villes, Eglises, Cathedrales, Hopitaux, Ports de Mer..., 1714, 67 engraved plates on 58 sheets including several large folding views and genealogical table; some large folding plates with hole to central fold

Vol.3 ...Description exacte des Villes, Eglises, Cathedrales, Hopitaux, Ports de Mer..., 1715, 61 engraved plates on 53 sheets, lacking one plate of Blenheim but with additional plate of the Place of Linlithgow, title browned; Atlas Anglois, ou Description Generale de l'Angleterre, contenant une Description Geographique..., 1714, 40 engraved maps