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History and antiquities of the cathedral churches of Great Britain : illustrated with a series of highly-finished engravings, exhibiting general and particular views, ground plans, and all the architectural features and ornaments in the various styles of building used in our ecclesiastical edifices

by: Storer, James, 1771-1853; Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795-1837

Publication date: 1814

Topics: Cathedrals, Bishops, Church architecture, Architecture, Gothic

Publisher: London : Published by Rivingtons, Murray, Hatchard, Clarke, Taylor, and Sherwood, Neely, and Jones

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: English

Volume: 1

Originally published in parts

Many of the plates by H.S. Storer

Plates in each volume, vol. 1: [53] leaves of plates; v. 2: [63] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 3: [65] leaves of plates; [63] leaves of plates

Lists and dates of bishops, deans, etc. in each chapter

v. 1: St. Asaph, Bangor, Bath, Bristol, Canterbury, Carlisle; v. 2: Chester, Chichester, St. David's, Durham, Ely, Exeter, Gloucester; v. 3: Hereford, Lichfield, Lincoln, Landaff, St. Paul's, Norwich, Oxford; v. 4: Petersburgh, Rochester, Salisbury, Wells, Winchester, Worcester, York

At the end of main text and plates in vol. 4 is "An Elucidation of the principles of English Architecture", and a further 23 plates of Gothic detail