Some account of the Cathedral Church of Durham : illustrative of the plans, elevations, and sections, of that building
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Type of record: Book
Title: Some account of the Cathedral Church of Durham : illustrative of the plans, elevations, and sections, of that building
Classmark: YAS 2006
Creator(s): Carter, John (1748-1817)
Additional creator(s): Englefield, Sir Henry (1752-1822) (Other); Society of Antiquaries of London (Other)
Related people: Englefield, Henry
Publisher: Printed by W. Bulmer
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1801
Language: English
Size and medium: [2], 14 pages, XI plates (part double; including plan)
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/507777
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010832489705181
Collection group(s): Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
Description
Plates engraved by James Basire from drawings by John Carter.
Plate I is an engraved half-title: Plans, elevations, sections and specimens of the architecture and ornaments of the cathedral church at Durham.
Text by Sir H.C. Englefield.
Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London.
[With Topham, John. Some account of the collegiate chapel of Saint Stephen, Westminster. London, 1795-1807?].
Additional description
Bound in half-leather over marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt decoration to boards and spine. With the armorial bookplate of John Gage Rokewode (1786-1842) on front pastedown. Bound together with 2 other publications in volume with spine title: 'Ecclesiast [sic] Buildings / Durham, Gloucester, St. Albans'. Volume contents: 1. Carter, J.: Some account of the cathedral church of Durham. 1801. -- 2. Carter, J.: Some account of the Cathedral Church of Gloucester. 1809. -- 3. Carter, J.: Some account of the Abbey Church of St. Alban. 1813
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