OF

BLENHEIM,

THE SEAT OF HIS GRACE

THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH:

Containing a full and accurate Account of the

PAINTINGS, TAPESTRY, AND FURNITURE;

A PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE

GARDENS AND PARK;

AND A

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHINA GALLERY, & ca

WITH A

PRELIMINARY ESSAY

ON

LANDSCAPE GARDENING. *

-not the vale

Of TEMPE, fam'd in song, nor IDA's grove

Such beauty boasts.

LORD LYTTELTON'S Blenheim.

DE LILLE.

Qui fait aimer les champs, fait aimer la vertu.

SIXTH EDITION, IMPROVED.

Embellished with an elegant cOLOURED PLAN of the PARK, &c.

OXFORD:

Printed by Slatter and Munday,

FOR CADELL AND DAVIS, STRAND; AND J HARRIS,
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, LONDON:

AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Entered at Stationers' Hall, according to Act of

то

THEIR GRACES,

The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough,

THIS DESCRIPTION

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED;

AS AN HUMBLE TESTIMONY OF PROFOUND

VENERATION

FOR WHATEVER IS AMIABLE IN PRIVATE LIFE,

OR CAPABLE OF REFLECTING REAL LUSTRE

ON EXALTED RANK;

BY THEIR GRACES'

MOST DEVOTED, AND MOST

OBLIGED HUMBLE SERVANT,

WILLIAM MAVOR.