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The history of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster : its antiquities and monuments : in two volumes

by: Combe, William, 1742-1823 author

Publication date: 1812

Topics: Westminster Abbey, Vincent, William, 1739-1815 -- Portraits, Westminster Abbey -- Pictorial works, Westminster abbey (Londres)

Publisher: London : Printed for R. Ackermann ... by L. Harrison and J.C. Leigh ...

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: English; Latin

Volume: v.1

Item Size: 379.1M

Text by William Combe. Cf. BLC

Dedication signed: R. Ackermann

Includes illustrations signed: A. Pugin

Vol. 2 has added engraved t.p.: Westminster Abbey and the monuments. Forming a companion and continuation of the Microcosm of London. Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of arts ... in sixteen monthly numbers

Plate 4, the added engraved t.p. of v. 2, is known to exist in two states. In one state it is signed: F. Mackenzie delt; in the other: A. Pugin delt. Cf. Abbey

Includes indexes

"List of subscribers.": p. [vii]-xiii in v. 1

"Arrangement of the plates.": [2] p. bound in v. 1

Abbey, J.R. Scenery

2 volumes : 36 cm

Dedicated to William Vincent, D.D., Dean of Westminster. Dedication signed: R. Ackermann

Half-title: The history of St. Peter's Westminster

Frontispieces: Volume 1: Portrait of William Vincent, D.D., Dean of Westminster, painted by Wm. Owen and engraved by Henry Meyer. Volume 2: Illustration of the tomb of Aymer de Valance, Earl of Pembroke, in Westminster Abbey, drawn by A. Pugin and engraved by S. Mitan

Introductory plates: Volume 1: Plan of Westminster Abbey, unsigned -- Interior view of St. Peters, drawn and etched by J. Coney -- [Exterior view of Westminster Abbey], drawn by J. Coney and engraved by T. Dale -- West front of Westminster Abbey, drawn by A. Pugin and engraved by J. Bluck. Volume 2: North east view of Westminster Abbey, drawn by F. Mackenzie and engraved by J. Bluck

The most common illustrators are F. Mackenzie, A. Pugin, and F. Huet-Villiers. The most common engravers are J. Bluck, T. Sutherland, J. Hamble, and F.C. Lewis

Volume 2 has added engraved title page: Westminster Abbey and the monuments. Forming a companion and continuation of the Microcosm of London. Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ... in sixteen monthly numbers

Plate 4, the added engraved title page of volume 2, is known to exist in two states. In one state it is signed: F. Mackenzie delt; in the other: A. Pugin delt. Cf. Abbey

"List of subscribers.": pages [vii]-xiii in volume 1

"Arrangement of the plates.": [2] pages bound in volume 1

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Notes

No table of contents. Foxing. Narrow margins.

Addeddate: 2011-05-18 16:07:26

Associated-names: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher, dedicator; Harrison, L. (Lancelot), active 1807-1842, printer; Leigh, J. C., active 1814-1815, printer; Vincent, William, 1739-1815, dedicatee; Owen, William, 1769-1825, illustrator; Meyer, Henry Hoppner, 1783-1847, engraver; Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, illustrator; Mitan, Samuel, 1786-1843, engraver; Coney, John, 1786-1833, illustrator, engraver; Dale, Thomas, active 1827-1828, engraver; Bluck, John (Printmaker) engraver; Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 1788-1854, illustrator; Huet, François, 1772-1813, illustrator; Sutherland, Thomas, approximately 1785-approximately 1825, engraver; Hamble, J. R., engraver; Lewis, Frederick Christian, 1779-1856, engraver