The history and antiquities of the abbey and cathedral church of Bristol: : illustrated by a series of engravings of views, elevations, plans and details of that edifice; with biographical anecdotes of eminent persons connected with the establishment. / By John Britton, F.S.A., M.R.S.L. honorary member of the Bristol Philosophical and Literary Society and of other societies in Normandy, England, and Scotland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Britton, John, 1771-1857.

Contributor:

Raley, Robert L., Former owner.

Reynolds, L. E. (Lewis Ethan), 1816-1879, Former owner.

Taylor, J. (Josiah), Publisher.

Britton, John, 1771-1857., Publisher.

Purcell, Richard., Binder.

Whittingham, Charles, 1767-1840., Printer.

Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854, Artist.

Clarke, T. H. (Thomas Hutchings), Artist.

Hacker, C., Artist.

Le Keux, John, 1783-1846., Engraver.

Roffe, John, 1769-1850., Engraver.

Woolnoth, W. (William), Engraver.

Williams, Samuel, 1788-1853., Engraver.

Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green., Publisher.

Hayward., Printer of plates.

G.I. Barnett & Son., Printer of plates.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bristol Cathedral (Bristol, England).

Saint Augustine's Abbey (Bristol, England).

Architecture, Gothic--England--Bristol.

Architecture, Gothic.

Church architecture--England--Bristol.

Church architecture.

Cathedrals--England--Bristol.

Cathedrals.

Genre:

Binders' tickets (Binding) -- 1830.

Physical Description:

x, 78 p., XII leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 29 cm.

Other Title:

History & antiquities of Bristol Cathedral

Place of Publication:

London: : Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, Paternoster Row; the author, Burton Street; and J. Taylor, 59 High Holborn., 1830.

Notes:

The plates are engraved; added t.p. and frontispiece are numbered Pl. XI and Pl. XII respectively.

Also published as part of Britton's Cathedral antiquities.

At head of plates: Cathedral antiquities; plates signed at bottom: Printed by Hayward; or: Printed by Barnett & Son.

Index: p. [73]-74.

Added t.p. has title: The history & antiquities of Bristol Cathedral.

"A list of books, essays, and prints, which have been published relating to the Abbey of St. Augustine's, and Bristol Cathedral, also a list of prints of the church, and engraved portraits of its bishops": p. 69-71.

Engravings by J. Le Keux, J. Roffe, W. Woolnoth, and others; after W.H. Bartlett, T.H. Clarke and C. Hacker; t.p. vignette is signed: W. Bartlett del., S. Williams sc.

"C. Whittingham, Chiswick."--T.p. verso.

"Subscribers to the History of Bristol cathedral": p. ix.

Local Notes:

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

Athenaeum also has copy of 1836 edition.

Athenaeum copy: Half bound with marbled boards.

Athenaeum copy: Binder's title: Britton's Bristol cathedral.

Athenaeum copy: With binder's ticket on front paste-down: Richard Purcell, bookbinder ... New Orleans.

Athenaeum copy: Signed on front fly-leaf: L.E. Reynolds.