An historical description of Westminster Abbey, its mounments and curiosities. [electronic resource] : Containing, 1. An account of its foundation and consecration. 2. The various changes it has undergone. 3. A general view of all the mouments erected therein; with an abstract of their inscriptions. 4. Copies of the best English epitaphs, and translarions 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 Morcland'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 (144p. )

Other Title:

Historical description of Westminster Abbey, its mounments and curiosities

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery, Junior, at Number 65, St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]

Notes:

Anonymous. By David Henry.

Price on title page: (Price One Shilling.)

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T194093.

OCLC:

509563829