Picturesque views and description of cities, towns, castles, mansions, and other objects of interesting feature, in Shropshire, from original designs, taken expressly for this work, by MrFrederick Calvert, engraved on steel by MrTRadclyffe, with historical and topographical illustrations . .,.•> I. I R 311 ( .v c, ifli ,\ || , wbiishol .Tulv Is. 1851 William ?S4wys INTRODUCTION. Although Shropshire has not, like most of our Counties, had to boast ofany very great or elaborate Historian, yet various portions of its Antiquities,Historical Associations, and its Picturesque Beauties
Picturesque views and description of cities, towns, castles, mansions, and other objects of interesting feature, in Shropshire, from original designs, taken expressly for this work, by MrFrederick Calvert, engraved on steel by MrTRadclyffe, with historical and topographical illustrations . .,.•> I. I R 311 ( .v c, ifli ,\ || , wbiishol .Tulv Is. 1851 William ?S4wys INTRODUCTION. Although Shropshire has not, like most of our Counties, had to boast ofany very great or elaborate Historian, yet various portions of its Antiquities,Historical Associations, and its Picturesque Beauties, have been ably andinterestingly described in various detached Publications, which rank beyondwhat are usually termed Guides; and as they enter very fully into descriptionsof particular places, remarkable for their Antiquities, Public Buildings, andInstitutions, we shall duly notice them, particularly in a description of Shrews-bury, Ludlow, &c. &c. Mr. .Nightingales History of the County, as attached to, and forming aportion of, the Beauties of England and Wales, is perhaps the most full andgeneral description of it. He states in his Preface, that he engaged to make an actual survey of this interesting County, and that fromthe fruit of his friends exertionspicturesqueviews00west
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