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ABC/158
Title
Architectural antiquities of Great Britain, represented in a series of views, elevations, plans, sections and details – in 5 vols - vol I
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1 volume
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(7 Jul 1771-2 Jan 1857)
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ODNB Entry:
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/3458
ODNB Entry:
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/3458
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The first of a series of five volumes about the Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain represented and illustrated in a series of views, elevations, plans, sections, and details, of ancient English Edifices; accompanied by Historical and Descriptive accounts of each. Buildings included: Door-way to St. Mary's Church at Marlborough, with Ornaments from Malmsbury Abbey Church; St. Botolph's Priory Church at Colchester; Dunstaple Priory Church; Layer Marney Church; St. Nicholas Church and the Abbey Gate-way at Abingdon; King's College Chapel, Cambridge; Round Church, St. Sepulchre's, Cambridge; Round Church, St. Sepulchre's, Northampton; Round Church, Temple, London; Round Church, Maplestead; Crosses at Cricklade, Wiltshire, Corwen, Marionetshire, Carraton-Down, Cornwall, Pembrokeshire; Crosses - White Cross, Hereford, Black-friars Cross, Hereford; Cross at Malmsbury, Wiltshire; Crosses - Glocester, Coventry; Cross at Cheddar, Somersetshire; Cross at Chichester, Sussex; Cross at Stourhead, Wiltshire; Cross at Winchester, Hampshire, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire; Crosses at Glastonbury, Somersetshire; Cross at Geddington, Northamptonshire; Cross at Waltham, Hertfordshire; Queen's Cross, Northamptonshire; Malmsbury Abbey Church, Wiltshire; Colchester Castle, Essex; Ockendon Church, Essex.
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- English
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Good Condition. Corners and spine slightly scuffed