[Rarebooks] FS: 1753 Westminster Abbey History Curiosities Monuments & Epitaphs

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“An Historical Description of Westminster Abbey, its Monuments and 
Curiosities”

By David Henry.
Printed for J. Newberry at the Bible and Sun, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 
London, in 1753.

An early visitor's guide to the great English cathedral.

"Containing 1. An account of its foundation, and miraculous consecration 
by St. Peter.

2. The various changes it has undergone, from its first establishment as 
a Christian church, to the present time.

3. A general view of all the monuments erected therein; with an abstract 
of their inscriptions, so far as they tend to illustrate the history of 
the persons for whom they were written.

4. Exact copies of the best English epitaphs, and translations of the 
Latin.

5. Characters, anecdotes, and memoirs of the lives of the kings and 
principal personages in the included chapels or open parts of this 
abbey.

6. Observations on the beauty and propriety of the respective monuments.

7. A particular description of the building, beautifying, and endowing 
Henry VIIIth's chapel, with the ornament belonging to it.

8. A personal view of the cloisters; with copies of two remarkable 
inscriptions there.

9. Translations of the Hebrew Ethiopoc and Greek epitaphs in this 
church, particularly those on the tombs of Sir Samuel Moorland's two 
wives, never before attempted".


Hardcover. 4"x7", iv + 200 pages. New marbled boards and calf spine, new 
endpapers. Some period open notes, some minor soil and age-toning.  
$125-

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