Baronial Halls and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England. From drawings by J.D. Harding, G. Cattermole, S. Prout, W. Jueller, J. Holland, and other eminent artists. Executed in coloured lithotints by Day and Son and Hanhart. The Text by S.C. Hall, F.S.A. Embellished with numerous engravings on wood. Second edition. 2 volumes, folio; Vol. I: title, verso blank, contents, one leaf, verso blank, text 74 leaves, 71 lithographed plates, printed in colours, after Harding, Cattermole, Prout, Mueller, Holland, and other highly regarded artists, wood-engraved illustrations in the text; Vol. II: Title, verso blank; Contents, one leaf, verso blank, text, 68 leaves; full red morocco label, spine gilt decorated and lettered, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Bookplate of 'Robert Goff' to front pastedown. This second edition was reissued in 1848 (Abbey Scenery 405), but with the plates newly engraved throughout. In most cases, the difference is slight, but the pictures were redesigned in some instances. This applies to numbers 22, 25, 26, 36, 43, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55 and 56, corresponding in the edition of 1848 to nos. 58, 61, 62, 72, 7, 12, 13, 13, 15, 16, 19 and 20. The work was edited by Hall and was one of the few he produced and published himself. Hall was initially employed as a reporter in the House of Lords. The main drive of his career started with his employment by Hodgson & Graves, print publishers, to edit the new Art Monthly Journal. The first number appeared in 750 copies in 1839. Hall purchased the chief share and proceeded to report on the trade in Old Masters and also demonstrated how paintings were manufactured in England. The result was that such paintings were rendered unsaleable, and a Raphael could be purchased for £7. However, Robert Vernon, before giving his famous collection to the National Gallery, gave Hall permission to engrave facsimiles of his paintings and to publish them in the Journal. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert followed suit, allowing 150 paintings from the Royal Collection to appear in similar form in the Journal. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. Frontispiece. Hengrave Hall. Suffolk. 2. Holland House. Middlesex. 3. The Gilt Room, Holland House. 4. Blickling Hall. Norfolk. 5. Burleigh Great Hall. Northamptonshire. 6. Castle Ashby. Northamptonshire. 7. Kirby Hall. Northamptonshire. 8. Wollaton Hall. Nottinghamshire. 9. Benthall Hall. Shropshire. 10. Pitchford Hall. Shropshire. 11. The Great Chamber. Montacute. Somersetshire. 12. Caverswall Castle. Staffordshire. 13. Ingestrie. Staffordshire. 14. The Oak House, West Bromwich. Staffordshire. 15. Throwley Hall. Staffordshire. 16. Trentham Hall. Staffordshire. 17. Helmingham Hall. Suffolk. 18. West-Stow Hall. Suffolk. 19. Ham House Surrey. 20. Loseley House. Surrey. 21. Arundel Church. Sussex. 22. Boxgrove Church. Sussex. 23. Aston Hall. Warwickshire. 24. The Beauchamp Chapel. Warwick. 25. Charlecote. Warwickshire. 26. Charlecote Great Hall. 27. Combe Abbey. Warwickshire. 28. Warick Castle. Warwickshire. 29. Wroxhall Abbey. Warwickshire. 30. Brougham Hall. Westmoreland. 31. Sizergh Hall. Westmoreland. 32. Charlton House. Wiltshire. 33. Duke's House. Wiltshire. 34. Westwood House. Worcestershire. 35. Fountains Hall. Yorkshire. 36. Helmsley Hall. Yorkshire. Volume 2. 37. Frontispiece. Bramshill. Hampshire. 38. Sawston Hall. Cambridgeshire. 39. Brereton Hall. Cheshire. 40. Crewe Hall. Cheshire. 41. Dorfold Hall. Cheshire. 42. Moreton Hall. Cheshire. 43. Place House. Cornwall. 44. Naworth Castle. Cumberland. 45. Naworth. Cumberland. 46. Haddon Hall. Derbyshire. 47. The Long Gallery, Haddon Hall. Derbyshire. 48. Hardwick Hall. Derbyshire. 49. Ford House. Devonshire. 50. Sherborne Lodge. Dorset. 51. Audley End. Essex. (exterior) 52. Audley End. Essex. (interior) 53. Feering House. Essex. 54. Horham Hall. Essex. 55. The Priory of St. Osyth. Essex. 56. Berkley Castle. Gloucestershire. 57. Hatfield House. Hertfordshire. 58. Knebworth. Hertfordshire. 59. Hinchinbrook. Huntingdonshire. 60. Charlton House. Kent. 61. Cobham Hall. Kent. 62. Cobham Church. Kent. 63. Hever Castle. Kent. 64. Knowle, The Retainer's Gallery. Kent. 65. Penshurst, from the Park. Kent. 66. Penshurst. Kent. 67. The Hall in the Wood. Lancashire. 68. Smithell's Hall. Lancashire. 69. Speke Hall, the Garden Front. Lancashire. 70. Speke, the Great Hall. Lancashire. 71. Turton Tower. Lancashire.