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Parentalia, or, Memoirs of the family of the Wrens : viz., of Mathew, Bishop of Ely, Christopher, Dean of Windsor, &c., but chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren ... in which is contained, besides his works, a great number of original papers and records ... / compiled by his son Christopher ; now published by his grandson, Stephen Wren, with the care of Joseph Ames.

Accession number
PML 196302
Creator
Wren, Christopher, 1675-1747.
Published
London : Printed for T. Osborn and R. Dodsley, 1750.
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Includes correspondence, a lecture, and other writings of Sir Christopher Wren.
Includes index.
Plates, head-pieces and tail-pieces engraved.
Portraits of the Wren family engraved each with coat-of-arms.
Some text in Latin.
Description
xii, [4], 1-120, 125-159, [1], 181-368, [4] p., [10] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., plans, ports. ; 35 cm
Provenance
Following t-p. an engraved dedication to Arthur Onslow, speaker of the House of Commons with his autograph on t.p. and fly-leaf & his engraved armorial book-plate; Toovey collection (Burnham Abbey bookplate).
Binding
Red morocco, gilt.
Classification
Department