Descriptive Account Of The Cathedral Church Of Canterbury,.
Period cloth, rebacked, and internal hinges reinforced. Some foxing to plates otherwise a very good copy.
£200.00
Publisher
Published by Henry Ward, 8, Mercery Lane, Canterbury.,
Date
1850
Synopsis
Illustrated with ten highly-finished line engravings, from drawings taken expressly for this work, with a short description of st. augustine's monastery, now converted into a missionary college, for the church of england. fifth edition.
Item Description
4to. 48 pp. + 10 full-page steel engraved plates, one a folding ground plan.
Notes
A curious work by Henry Ward, despite his assertion that the 'plates were from drawings taken expressly for this work' they are off-prints from Winkles well-known work on Cathedrals and the only original material is that on the new repairs, death of W. Howley Late Archbishop of Canterbury and the founding of the new Missionary College of St. Augustine's.
[Stock No. 17488]
Subjects
Architecture • Canterbury • Churches • History • Kent