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ABC/143
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Illustration of the spires and towers of the mediaeval churches of England. Vol. II Towers
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- [1853-1889] (Creation)
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1 volume
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The second of two volumes containing 26 lithographic Illustrations of the Spires and Towers of the Medieval Churches of England. They are preceded by some observations on the Architecture of the Middle Ages and its spire-growth. Buildings included: The Minster, Beverley, Yorkshire; The Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire; St. Mary's, St. Neots, Huntingdonshire; St. Cuthbert's, Wells, Somersetshire; St. Stephen's, Bristol, Gloucestershire; The Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent; St. Giles', Wrexham, Denbighshire; St. Mary Magdalene, Chewton Mendip, Somersetshire; The Cathedral, Gloucester, Gloucestershire; All Saints', Derby, Derbyshire; St. Mary Magdalene, Tauton, Somersetshire; St. Mary Magdalene, College Chapel, Oxford, Oxfordshire; St. Probus and St. Grace, Probus, Cornwall; The Cathedral, York, Yorkshire; St. Mary's, North Petherton, Somersetshire; St. John's, Glastonbury, Somersetshire; St. Mary the Virgin, Collegiate Church, Manchester, Lancashire; St. George's, Doncaster, Yorkshire; St. Botolph's, Boston, Lincolnshire; St. Peter's, Evercreech, Somersetshire; St. Andrew's, Falkingham, Lincolnshire; The Holy Trinity, St. Austell, Cornwall; St. Peter's, Lowick, Northamptonshire; St. Mary's, Worstead, Norfolk; St. Andrew's, Sutton, Cambridgeshire; St. Mary's, Ilminster, Somersetshire; St. Augustine's, Hedon, Yorkshire; St. Mary's, Priory Church, Malvern, Worchestershire; St. Peter's Mancroft, Norwich, Norfolk; St. James', Chipping-Campden, Gloucestershire; St.Mary's, Whiston, Northamptonshire; St. Andrew's, Whissendine, Rutlandshire; The Abbot's Tower, Evesham, Worchestershire; St. Mary's, Tickhill, Yorkshire; The Holy Trinity, Hull, Yorkshire; St. Peter's, Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire; St. Mary's, Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire; St. Michael's, Dundry, Somersetshire; All Saints', Wrington, Somersetshire; The Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire; St. Mary and St. Peter, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire; St. Mary's, Melton-Mowbray, Leicestershire; St. Mary's, Ashford, Kent; The Holy Trinity, Buckland-Monachorum, Devonshire; St. Mary's, Woodbridge, Suffolk; The Abbey Church, Bath, Somersetshire; St. Mary's, Stoke-by-Neyland, Suffolk; St. Sampson's, Cricklade, Wiltshire; St. John the Baptist, Tideswell, Derbyshire.
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- English
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Loose spine and covers. Some loose pages