An historical description of Westminster Abbey, its mounments and curiosities : Containing, 1. An account of its foundation and consecration. 2. The various changes it has undergone. 3. A general view of all the mouments erected therein; with an abstract of their inscriptions. 4. Copies of the best English epitaphs, and translarions of the Latin. 5. Characters, anecdotes,and memoirs of the lives of the Kings, &c. interred in the Abbey. 6. Observations on the beauty and propriety of the respective monuments. 7. A particular description of Henry the VIIth's Chapel, with its ornaments. 8. A general view of the cloisters; with copies of several inscriptions there. 9. Translations of the Hebrew, Ethiopic, and Greek epitaphs on the tombs of Sir Samuel Morcland's two wives, never before attempted. Designed chiefly as a guide to strangers.

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Main Author: Henry, David, 1710-1792
Corporate Author: Gale (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery, Junior, at Number 65, St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]
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