An historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments and curiosities. Containing 1. An acco...
An historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments and curiosities. Containing 1. An account of its Foundation and Consecration. 2. The various changes it has undergone. 3. A general view of all the Monuments erected therein; with an abstract of their Inscriptions. 4. Copies of the best English Epitaphs, and translations of the Latin. 5. Characters, Anecdotes, and Memoirs of the lives of the Kings, &c. interred in the Abbey. 6. Observations on the beauty and propriety of the respective Monuments. 7. A particular description of Henry the Viith's Chapel, with its Ornaments. 8. A general view of the Cloisters; with copies of several inscriptions there. 9. 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 [electronic resource].
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London : printed for T. Carnan, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]
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M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]
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138,[6]p. ; 12°.
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London : printed for T. Carnan, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]
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England
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M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]
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An historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments and curiosities. Containing 1. An account of its Foundation and Consecration. 2. The various changes it has undergone. 3. A general view of all the Monuments erected therein; with an abstract of their Inscriptions. 4. Copies of the best English Epitaphs, and translations of the Latin. 5....
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Also issued as part of: 'An historical account of the curiosities of London and Westminster, in three parts.', London, 1782 and London, 1785.
Anonymous. By David Henry.
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ESTC T102525.
Roscoe, A223 (7)
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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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