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Title(s)
Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peters Westminster : containing an account of its ancient and modern building ... : with ye copies of ancient Saxon charters &c. and other writings relating to it : together with a particular history of the lives of the abbats, collected from ancient mss. of that convent, and historians, & the lives of the deans to this time : and also, a survey of the church and cloysters, taken in the year 1723, with the monuments there, which, with several prospects of ye church & other remarkable things, are curiously engraven by the best hands ... / by Mr. John Dart ; to which is added, Westminster Abbey, a poem, by the same author.
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Additional Title(s)
Westmonasterium
History and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peters Westminster -
Published/Created
London : Printed and sold by James Cole, Joseph Smith ..., Tho. Bowles ..., Jer. Batley ..., Thomas Taylor ..., John Bowles ..., and by Andrew Johnstone ..., [between 1723 and 1727].
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Physical Description
2 v. : ill., ports, plan ; 40 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A D 82 Copy 1
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A D 82 Copy 2
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Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 is 2 v. bound in 1. Copy 2 is bound in 2 separate vols. and is a large paper copy (51 cm.).
BEIN Z45 0015: 2 volumes bound in 1 (40 cm). Armorial bookplate: William Clark.
Plates engraved by James Cole, John Faber, and James Schynvoet; some after John Dowling.
Dates from Adams.
Vignettes; initials; tail-pieces.
"The permanent interest of this book lies in its illustrations of the funeral monuments as they appeared before being subjected to the damage ... [of the last 160 years]."--Adams, p. 59.
Each volume contains a list of subscribers, together with their coats of arms.
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Subject Terms
Abbots. | Batley, Jer. -- Publisher. | Bowles, John, 1701–1779 -- Publisher. | Bowles, Thomas -- Publisher. | Clark, William -- Bookplate. | Cole, James -- Publisher. | Johnstone, Andrew -- Publisher. | Sepulchral monuments -- England -- London. | Smith, Joseph -- Publisher. | Taylor, Thomas -- Publisher. | Westminster Abbey -- Poetry. | Westminster Abbey.
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Form/Genre
Armorial bookplates (Provenance) | Engravings -- [between 1723 and 1727]. | Mezzotints -- [between 1723 and 1727].
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