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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Westminster Abbey

Minerva Press (London, England), printer.

Henry, David, 1710-1792

Lane, William, d. 1814, bookseller.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sepulchral monuments--England--London.

Sepulchral monuments.

Westminster Abbey--Guidebooks--Early works to 1800.

Westminster Abbey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 146, [6] p., [1] leaf of plates ) ill. ;

Other Title:

Historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments, and curiosities,

Place of Publication:

London: : Printed at the Minerva-Press, for William Lane, Leadenhall-Street, 1800.

Notes:

Anonymous. Attributed to David Henry by Halkett and Laing.

Sometimes issued with "An historical description of the Tower of London" and "An historical description of St. Paul's Cathedral"

Includes index

Signatures: A-F¹

Price on title page: Price One Shilling and Sixpence.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T301099.

OCLC:

510825544