Les delices des chateaux royaux, or, A pocket companion to the royal palaces of Windsor, Kensington, Kew, and Hampton Court : containing an account of their buildings, gardens, paintings, monuments and curiosities : with the institution and ceremonies of the order of the Garter : also a concise description of the towns, villages, and villas within XIV. miles of Windsor : to which are added short sketches of the lives of the most eminent painters : (illustrated with a map, several views, and other copper-plates.)
A pocket guide printed in Windsor, England, in 1789 by bookseller Charles Knight for visitors to the royal palaces and surrounding towns, with descriptions of buildings, gardens, paintings and the Order of the Garter. The pictures are small black-and-white copper-plate views, one showing a castle tower and grounds in a sketched, hatched line style; a designer might borrow the fine engraved line work and the framed, sideways page layout with its italic caption along the edge.
