Nash, John.

First edition, folio (507 x 400mm.), engraved title, lithographed contents leaf and 61 plates on 55 leaves (complete), comprising: 31 hand-coloured aquatint plates mounted on 28 cards within gilt and ink ruled frames, including one folding; 27 plain outline etched plates printed on 24 leaves (these bound opposite their corresponding coloured plates, including no.17 "probably a proof not generally included" [RIBA]), a few printed on india paper; and 3 further plain etched plates at end, 2 printed on india paper, contemporary purple morocco gilt, with arms of George IV on both covers, gilt edges, red endpapers, [Abbey, Scenery 62; BAL RIBA 2235], neat library stamp on verso of contents, some mounts spotted or browned, without captions on verso of cards (not always present), folding plate loose, binding rather rubbed with slight surface loss

Sir John Thorold, Syston Park bookplate; Col. E.W. Margesson, presented to Worthing Public Library, bookplate

A deluxe copy, bound for presentation by the king.

"It was in the year 1820, when engaged in building the Pavilion at Brighton, that Nash received the King's commands to produce a printed work that could be given as a souvenir to his royal guests. Nash requested Pugin to make the drawings, and the result was a volume of some importance. Each plate is in duplicate, the one being a delicate pen and ink outline drawing, the other a highly finished coloured aquatint" (Prideaux, Aquatint Engraving, p.149). According to BAL RIBA "eighty-six copies were specially bound with the Royal arms in 1828 or 1829, and were presumably in the King's gift".