An Historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments, and curiosities 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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Printed at the Minerva-Press, for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street
1800, 1800
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | Anonymous. Attributed to David Henry by Halkett and Laing. - English Short Title Catalog, T301099. - Includes index. - Price on title page: Price One Shilling and Sixpence. - Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). - Signatures: A-Fp1s. - Sometimes issued with "An historical description of the Tower of London" and "An historical description of St. Paul's Cathedral |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (iv, 146, [6] p., [1] leaf of plates) ill 12° |