Vetvsta monvmenta: : qvae ad rervm Britannicarvm memoriam conservandam / Societas Antiqvariorvm Londini. ; Volvmen secondvm..

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Society of Antiquaries of London.

Contributor:

Ayloffe, Joseph, Sir, 1709-1781.

Raley, Robert L., former owner.

Vertue, George, 1684-1756, engraver.

Green, J., engraver.

Basire, James, 1730-1802, engraver.

Watson, James, approximately 1740-1790, engraver.

Mitley, C., artist.

Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785, artist.

Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677, artist.

Pye, John, 1745- engraver.

Cotes, Francis, 1726-1770, artist.

Basire, James, 1730-1802, artist.

Carter, John, 1748-1817, artist.

Downes, Catherine, artist.

Lysons, Samuel, 1763-1819, artist.

Schnebbelie, Jacob, 1760-1792, artist.

Cardonnel, Adam de, -1820, artist.

Silas Bronson Library (Waterbury, Conn.), former owner.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Standardized Title:

Vetusta monumenta. 2

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Westminster Abbey.

Seals (Animals)--England.

Seals (Animals).

Architecture--England.

Architecture.

Great Britain--Antiquities.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Architectural drawings.

Boards (Binding)

Cloth bindings (Binding)

Quarter bindings (Binding)

Bookplates (Provenance)

Physical Description:

2, [i.e. 4], 4, 2, 2, 4, 2, 15, [1], 8, 4, 7, [1], 7, [1], 5, [1], 2, 13, [1], 5, [1], 7, [1], 2, 2, 3, [1] p., [63] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. plans, ports. ; 58 cm. (fol.)

Other Title:

Vetusta monumenta quae ad rerum Britannicarum memoriam conseruandam

Place of Publication:

London : [s.n.], Anno domini MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]

Notes:

"An account of some ancient monuments of Westminster Abbey" by Sir Joseph Ayloffe on p. ([1]-[15], 7th sequence) has separate title page with imprint of John Nichols, with date of 1780.

Some plates are dated as early as 1748; v.2 issued in parts from 1748-1789. Cf. Early printed books Catalogue (British Architectural Library)

Includes 55 engraved plates on [63] leaves by G. Vertue, J. Green, Basire J. Pye, J. Watson, after drawings by C. Mitley, Basire, Cipriani, W. Hollar, F. Cotes, J. Carter, Catherine Downes, S. Lysons, Schnebbelie and de Cardonnel.

Error in pagination: p. [4] of 1st sequence misnumbered as 2.

Published as a 7 v. set from 1747-1896; 1747, 1789, 1796, 1815, 1835, 1885 and 1896. Cf. ESTC(RLIN).

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Quarter bound with green cloth boards ; covers detached, tied.

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Robert L. Raley/Carpenters' Company Collection.

Athenaeum copy wanting separate title leaf to "Account of some ancient monuments."

Athenaeum copy: With bookplate on front paste-down: Silas Bronson Library, Waterbury, Conn., 1877.

Cited in:

ESTC(RLIN), T106127

OCLC:

82178194