Les Delices de Windfore

Excerpt from Les Delices De Windfore: Or, a Pocket Companion to Windsor Castle and the Country Adjacent, Containing a Description of the Castle, the Royal Apartments, and the Paintings Therein, With an Account of the Order of the Garter; The Royal Chapel of St. George; And Every Particular Of George the second by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, &c. To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. Whereas, Our trusty and well beloved Subject Joseph Pote of Eton, in our County of Bucks, Bookseller, Citizen, and Stationer of London; has by his Petition humbly represented unto Us, that he hath with great labour and expence prepared for the Press, and is now ready to publish, in one Volume in Quarto, a Book entitled, The History and Antiquities of Windsor-Castle, and the Royal College and Chapel of St. George, with the Institution, Laws, and Ceremonies of the most Noble Order of the Garter, &c. The whole entirely new wrote and illustrated with many Cuts. Also a lesser Work on the fame Subject, extracted from the above History for the use and accommodation of Strangers, and other Persons, who visit this our Royal Castle, entitled, Les Delices de Windsore: or, A Descriptlon of Windsor Castle, and the Royal Apartments and Paintings therein with a Description of St. George's Chapel, and other Particulars relating thereto, deserving publick Notice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.