Shelfmark
Gk.3.05 - Gk.3.09
Author
Title
Cathedral antiquities : historical and descriptive accounts, with 311 illustrations, of the following English cathedrals. Viz. Canterbury, York, Salisbury, Norwich, Winchester, Lichfield, Oxford, Wells, Exeter, Peterborough, Gloucester, Bristol, Hereford, and Worcester. The engravings, mostly by J. Le Keux, esq. from drawings by E. Blore ... [and others]. By John Britton, F.S.A..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : M. A. Nattali, 19, Southampton-street, Covent-Garden., MDCCCXXXVI. [1836]
Physical description
5 v. : ill., plates, plans ; 28 cm.
Note
Each volume has also special and engraved title-pages.
Formatted contents note
Contents: v. 1. Canterbury and York.--v. 2. Salisbury, Norwich, and Oxford.--v. 3. Winchester, Lichfield, and Hereford.--v. 4. Wells, Exeter, and Worcester.--v. 5. Peterborough, Gloucester, and Bristol.
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedown of volumes.
Provenance
Ticket of Henry Sotheran's Booksellers on inner board of v.1.
Binding
19th-century quarter-bound dark green morocco, in different styles, over mill/pasteboards. Covers decorated with double gilt fillets to separate leather in different styles. Spine with four raised bands, decorated with gilt tools and titling ("Cathedral antiquities"; "Britton -- Vol. [I/II/III/IV/V.]"). Textblock trimmed and gilted. Endpapers of undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Subject
Cathedrals England.
Subject
Church architecture England.
Added entry--name
Blore, Edward, 1787 - 1879 illustrator.
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Le Keux, John, 1783 - 1846 engraver.
Added entry--name
Marchant, W. printer.
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Nattali, Michael Angelo bookseller.
Added entry--name
Henry Sotheran Ltd. bookseller.
Added entry--title
Historical and descriptive account of the metropolitan cathedrals of Canterbury and York.
Added entry--title
Historical and descriptive account of the metropolitan cathedrals of Salisbury, Norwich, and Oxford.
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Historical and descriptive account of the metropolitan cathedrals of Winchester, Lichfield, and Hereford.
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Historical and descriptive account of the metropolitan cathedrals of Wells, Exeter, and Worcester.
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Historical and descriptive account of the metropolitan cathedrals of Peterborough, Gloucester, and Bristol.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B51326