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Creator:
Woolnoth, W. (William)
Title(s):

A graphical illustration of the metropolitan cathedral church of Canterbury : accompanied by a history and description, collected from the most authentic documents, and drawn up from repeated surveys of that venerable fabric : with descriptions of its monumental structures, and an account of its chapels, altars, shrines, and chantries : also comprising biographical sketches of the lives of the archbishops, and deans of Canterbury : and historical notices of the celebrated Convent of Christchurch : with lists, and interesting particulars of its Deans, Priors, and distinguished monks / by W. Woolnoth ; containing twenty plates engraved by himself from drawings by T. Hastings, member of The Royal Liverpool Academy.

Published/Created:
London : Published by T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand; and by J. Murray, Albemarle Street ..., 1816.
Physical Description:
viii, 174 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill., plan ; 30 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NA5471.C2 W66 1816+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by W. Woolnoth; after Thomas Hastings and H.S. Storer.
Printed by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, London.
With an added engraved title page.
List of subscribers: p. [vii]-viii.
Includes index.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary black half roan and marbled paper boards. Bookplate: James Frothingham Hunnewell.
Subject Terms:
Cadell, T. -- Publisher.
Canterbury Cathedral.
Cathedrals -- Great Britain.
Christ Church Monastery (Canterbury, England)
Church architecture -- Great Britain.
Davies, W. -- Publisher.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1816.
Hunnewell, James Frothingham -- Bookplate.
Murray, J. -- Publisher.
Nichols, Son, and Bentley -- Printer.
Contributors:
Hastings, Thomas, approximately 1813-1831, ill.
Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795-1837, ill.
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