J. Couse Sold at Auction Prices

J Couse ( engraver ) c. 1750 , ' London, Printed for & sold by Robt Sayer ( 1724-94) opposite Fetter

J Couse ( engraver ) c. 1750 , ' London, Printed for & sold by Robt Sayer ( 1724-94) opposite Fetter Lane Fleet Street ' A hand coloured book of ' No. 6 Twelve of the most remarkable Views in Earl Temples Gardens at Stow in the County of Bucks ' ' 1 , A View at the Entrance between the Pavilions ' ' 2 , A View of the House from the Parterre ' ' 3 , A View from the Temple Wood Building ' ' 4 , A View of the Queens Theatre from the Rotundo ' ' 5 , A View in the Lysian Fields from The Spring of Helicon ' ' 6 , A View over the Great Bason to the entrance between the Pavilions ' ' 7 , A View of the House from the Equestrian Statue in the Park ' ' 8 , A View from the Island Seat of the Lake of the Temple of Venus and Hermitage ' ' 9 , A View of the Grotto of the Serpentine River in the Alder Grove ' ' 10 , A View from Nelson's Seat ' ' 11 , A View of the Queens Statue ' ' 12 , A View of the Grotto and two Shell Temples ' Each page approximately 9 1/2 x 15" Inscribed in pencil to front of book ' J F Roxburgh from Mr Tate ( Chiddingfold) 10th July 1938' Comes with Stowe , Buckingham note paper ' From Edmund Cox Christmas 1938 ' Understood to have been in the ownership of the auctioneer who conducted the sale, and since been in the same family. The V & A have only a monochromed engraving of this book ( with No.9 missing) therefore a handcoloured complete edition is very rare!