Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales Volume 1; Salisbury Cathedral. Canterbury Cathedral. York Cathedral. St. Paul's Cathedral. Wells Cathedral. Rochester Cathedral. Winchester Cathedral
Winkles's Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales Volume 1; Salisbury Cathedral. Canterbury Cathedral. York Cathedral. St. Paul's Cathedral. Wells Cathedral. Rochester Cathedral. Winchester Cathedral
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 Excerpt: ...by St. Erkenwald, Bishop of London, but the Cathedral together with great part of the city was destroyed by an accidental fire in the year 1083. Maurice, Bishop of London, in the year 1086, refounded the Cathedral, and built the nave; this part of the church is said to have been the most magnificent work of the kind in ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 Excerpt: ...by St. Erkenwald, Bishop of London, but the Cathedral together with great part of the city was destroyed by an accidental fire in the year 1083. Maurice, Bishop of London, in the year 1086, refounded the Cathedral, and built the nave; this part of the church is said to have been the most magnificent work of the kind in England. The transepts were carried on by his successor in the see, Bishop Richard de Beaumes, in 1120, but were completed by Bishop Richard Fitz-Nele, about the year 1199. The choir was begun to be erected by Bishop William de Saint Maria, in 1220, and by the contributions of his successor, Bishop Eustace de Fauconberg, it was finished together with the chapter house. Bishop Henry Wingham originally erected the cloisters in the year 1260, on the northern side of the church, and the lady chapel was chiefly built in the year 1310, during the prelacy of Bishop Ralph Baldock; near the high altar was a celebrated shrine of St. Erkenwald, the principal resort of the pious1. The Cathedral was anciently encompassed by a wall, which extended from the north-eastern corner of Ave Maria Lane eastward along Paternoster Row to the end of Old Change, in Cheap l In dimension the length of the nave of the. cathedral, familiarly termed Paulis Walk in the old plays, was 390 feet, and the breadth 12!) feet. The height of the vaulting of the western part of the church was 102 feet, and of the eastern part 188 feet. The cathedral was remarkable for its beautiful spire, which surmounted the central tower, the highest in Europe, and supposed to be coeval with the tower. It was the first spire built in England, but the precise period of its erection is not known. The height of the tower was 260 feet, and of the spire, an octagonal timber frame covered with lead, 274...
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Good; No jackets. 1836-1842. Effingham Wilson & Charles Tilt (Vols 1-2), Tilt and Bogue (Vol 3). First edition complete set, published in 1836, 1838, and 1842 respectively. Hardcovers half bound in green leather with gold borders over yellow and blue marbled boards. Five raised bands on spines with gilt ruled borders and lettering in two panels. Matching marbled endpapers and page edges. Tissued steel engraved plates by B. Winkles & H. Winkles. Architectural plan drawings by Robert Garland. Descriptions by Thomas Moule. Text block bindings are tight. Front hinges of all three volumes are cracked but intact and attached. Corners and spine edges are rubbed, with boards exposed at tips of corners. Covers have light surface wear with occasional small stains and smudges and light peripheral discoloration. Volume 3 is missing a one-half by two-inch chip from the lower spine above the tail. Spines faded to brown. Tissues over plates are tanned. Top page edges darkened. Imprinted bookplate on front endpaper of each; name on first blank page of each. Pages and plates have sporadic foxing, mostly toward the edges, less in vol. I. Each vol. has added Title Page with cathedral engraving. xx + 144 pages; Vol II: viii + 140 pages; Vol III: xii + 160 pages; with 181 plates total. Vols 1-2 printed by Coe, Printer, Old Change Street, St. Paul's, London. Vol. 3 printed by B. Clarke, Printer, Silver Street, Falcon Square, London. No dust jackets. Spine titles: Winkles' Cathedral Churches. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required. First Edition.
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