A New display of the beauties of England, or, A description of the most elegant or magnificent public edifices, royal palaces, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, and other curiosities, natural of artificial, in the different parts of the kingdom
A 1787 London guide printed for R. Goadby, describing England's notable public buildings, royal palaces, and gentlemen's seats for travellers and armchair readers. Its engravings are rotated sideways on the page and show long, symmetrical facades with rows of sash windows, central pediments, and flanking wings set against open sky, with trees and small figures at the front. A designer could take their strict Georgian symmetry, regular window rhythm, and sparse landscape settings as period reference.
