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The history and antiquities of the conventual and cathedral church of Ely : from the foundation of the monastery, A.D. 673, to the year 1771 : illustrated with copper-plates

by: Bentham, James, 1708-1794

Publication date: 1771

Topics: Ely Cathedral, Cathedrals, Church buildings, Architecture, Gothic, Art, Gothic, Decorative arts, Gothic, Ely Cathedral -- Early works to 1800, Cathedrals -- England -- Ely -- Early works to 1800, Church buildings -- England -- Ely -- Early works to 1800, Architecture, Gothic -- England -- Early works to 1800, Art, Gothic -- England -- Early works to 1800, Decorative arts, Gothic -- England -- Early works to 1800, Ely (England) -- Church history -- Early works to 1800, England -- Ely, English imprints, 18th century, 1771

Publisher: Cambridge : Printed at the University Press, by J. Bentham : sold by Mr. Bathurst in Fleet-Street, London : Messrs. Merrill, and Mr. Woodyer, at Cambridge : and by Mr. Fletcher & Mr. Prince, at Oxford

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: English

Volume: v.1-2

Item Size: 767.2M

Signatures: a-b² c A-N O² *A-*G *H-*K² *L²(-*L2)

Engravings primarily drawn by John Theodore Heins and engraved by Peter Spendelowe Lamborne; engraved head-piece at p. [1] by François Vivarès after Hubert François Gravelot

ESTC (RLIN)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Bound in old sprinkled calf; gilt red leather label on spine; armorial bookplate on front pastedown

Broadside titled A plan and elevation of a new choir for the cathedral church of Ely tipped-in at front

2 v. in 1 ([8], viii, 224, [4], 225-292, *70 p., [48] leaves of plates) : 33 cm. (4to)

Head-pieces; initials

Signatures: a-b² c⁴ A-2E⁴ [dagger]² 2F-2N⁴ 2O² *A-*G⁴ *H-*L² (last blank)

Engravings primarily drawn by John Theodore Heins and engraved by Peter Spendelowe Lamborne; engraved head-piece at p. [1] by François Vivarès after Hubert François Gravelot

List of subscribers: preliminary pages [5]-[8]

Errata: page viii

Appendix in Latin and English

Notes

No chapters marked.

Addeddate: 2011-06-03 23:23:45

Associated-names: Heins, John, 1732-1771, illustrator; Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773; Lamborn, Peter Spendelowe, 1722-1774, engraver; Vivarès, François, 1709-1780; Bentham, Joseph, -1778, printer; Bathurst, Charles, bookseller; Woodyer, John, bookseller; Merrill, Thomas, 1702 or 1703-1781, bookseller; Fletcher, James, 1710-1795, bookseller; Prince, Daniel, approximately 1711-1796, bookseller