AN HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE METROPOLITAN CHURCH OF CHRIST, CANTERBURY:…

AN HISTORICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE METROPOLITAN CHURCH OF CHRIST, CANTERBURY: containing an account of its antiquities and of its accidents and improvements, since the first establishment. With an English translation of the epitaphs, and a south prospect of the cathedral. The second edition, greatly enlarged, With a Preface containing Observations on the Gothic Architecture, And an Historical Account of the Archbishops of Canterbury, From Augustine to the Present Time. Together with An Elegy, wri

Canterbury.Simmons and Kirkby. 1783. viii, 156pp. Engraved frontispiece. Original half backed sheep over marbled boards. 8vo. Spine expertly repaired, but boards and extremities rubbed. Offset discolouration from frontispiece and faint signs of an old dampstain at the front top outer corner of front free and initial blank. Some light browning. Irregularly trimmed first page of Index without affecting the text. Bookplate of previous owner: "Edward Lawes" on front end paste-down. A very good copy.

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