An historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments and curiosities. Containing 1. An account of its Foundation and Consecration. 2. The various changes it has undergone. 3. A general view of all the Monuments erected there in; with an abstract of their Inscriptions. 4. Copies of the best English Epitaphs, and translations of the Latin. 5. Characters, Anecdotes, and Memoirs of the lives of the Kings, &c. interred in the Abbey. 6. Observations on the beauty and propriety of the respective Monuments. 7. A particular description of Henry the Viith's Chapel, with its Ornaments. 8. A general view of the Cloisters; with copies of several inscriptions there. 9. 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

Author/Creator:

Henry, David, 1710-1792.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Westminster Abbey--Early works to 1800.

Westminster Abbey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (139,[5]p. )

Place of Publication:

London : printed for T. Carnan, in St. Paul's Church Yard, [1788]

Notes:

Anonymous. By David Henry.

Also issued as part of 'An historical account of the curiosities of London and Westminster, in three parts', 1785 [1788].

Braces in imprint.

Price from imprint: price One Shilling.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Roscoe, A223 (8)

English Short Title Catalog, T130289.

OCLC:

642362914