An Historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments, and curiosities, [electronic resource...
An Historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments, and curiosities, [electronic resource] : Containing I. An account of its foundation and consecration. II. The various changes it has undergone. III. A general view of all the monuments erected therein; with an abstract of their inscriptions. IV. Copies of the best English epitaphs, and translations of the Latin. V. Characters, anecdotes, and memoirs of the lives of the Kings, &c. interred in the Abbey. VI. Observations on the beauty and propriety of the respective monuments. VII. A particular description of Henry the VIIth's chapel, with its ornaments. VIII. A general view of the cloisters; with copies of several inscriptions there. IX. Translations of the Hebrew, Ethiopic, and Greek Epitaphs on the tombs of Sir Samuel Moreland's two wives, never before attempted. Designed chiefly as a guide to strangers.
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London: : Printed at the Minerva-Press, for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street, 1800.
Date
1800.
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English
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iv, 146, [6] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 12°.
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London: : Printed at the Minerva-Press, for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street, 1800.
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England
Date Published
1800.
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An Historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments, and curiosities, [electronic resource] : Containing I. An account of its foundation and consecration. II. The various changes it has undergone. III. A general view of all the monuments erected therein; with an abstract of their inscriptions. IV. Copies of the best English epitaphs, and...
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Anonymous. Attributed to David Henry by Halkett and Laing.
Sometimes issued with "An historical description of the Tower of London" and "An historical description of St. Paul's Cathedral"
Includes index.
Signatures: A-F¹².
Price on title page: Price One Shilling and Sixpence.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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991019190379702626