Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peters Westminster : containing an account of its ancient and modern building ... : with ye copies of ancient Saxon charters &c. and other writings relating to it : together with a particular history of the lives of the abbats, collected from ancient mss. of that convent, and historians, & the lives of the deans to this time : and also, a survey of the church and cloysters, taken in the year 1723, with the monuments there, which, with several prospects of ye church & other remarkable things, are curiously engraven by the best hands ... / by Mr. John Dart ; to which is added, Westminster Abbey, a poem, by the same author.
Alternate Title(s):
Westmonasterium
Published / Created:
London : Printed and sold by James Cole, Joseph Smith ..., Tho. Bowles ..., Jer. Batley ..., Thomas Taylor ..., John Bowles ..., and by Andrew Johnstone ..., [between 1723 and 1727].
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., ports, plan ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:584165
Classification:
Books
Notes:
British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 is 2 v. bound in 1. Copy 2 is bound in 2 separate vols. and is a large paper copy (51 cm.).
Subject Terms:
Westminster Abbey. | Westminster Abbey -- Poetry. | Clark, William -- Bookplate. | Cole, James -- Publisher. | Smith, Joseph -- Publisher. | Bowles, Thomas -- Publisher. | Batley, Jer. -- Publisher. | Taylor, Thomas -- Publisher. | Bowles, John, 1701–1779 -- Publisher. | Johnstone, Andrew -- Publisher. | Sepulchral monuments -- England -- London. | Abbots.
Form/Genre:
Mezzotints -- [between 1723 and 1727]. | Engravings -- [between 1723 and 1727]. | Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Cole, James (Engraver) engraver. | Faber, John, 1695?-1756, engraver. | Schijnvoet, Jacobus, active 1704–1733, engraver. | Dowling, John, ill.