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The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation / illustrated by John Preston Neale ; the whole of the literary department by Edward Wedlake Brayley.

Accession number
PML 145708-09
Creator
Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773-1854.
Published
London : Published by the proprietor, J.P. Neale, and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818-1823.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Added engraved t.p.'s in both volumes, with title: Westminster Abbey.
"T. Davison, Lombard-Street, Whitefriars, London."--Colophon, v. 1.
Each plate is accompanied by a guard sheet.
With a list of subscribers at front of v. 1.
Vol. 2: Printed for Hurst, Robinson, and Co.
Includes indexes.
Plates by C. Armstrong, John LeKeux, R. Roffe, W. Radclyffe, J. Roffe, R. Sands, John Cleghorn, G. Cooke, H. Moses, J. Carter, Henry LeKeux, J.C. Varrall, J. Lewis, Miss E. Byrne, T. Matthews, W. Woolnoth, W.R. Smith, W.D. Taylor, J. Tingle, John Scott, and J. Byrne; after designs by J.P. Neale, J.R. Thompson, and J. Stephanoff.
Library's copy is the large paper issue, with the 61 engravings after Neale in proof state.
Description
2 v. ([18], 227, [19], 72, [10] p.; 304, [40] p., 61 leaves of plates) : ill. (engraving) ; 38 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Blue morocco tooled in gilt.
Classification
Department