Ancient fvnerall monvments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent, : with the dissolued monasteries therein contained ; their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred ; as also the death and bvriall of certaine of the bloud royall ; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forraine nations ; a worke reuiuing the dead memory of the royall progenie, the nobilitie, gentri, and communaltie, of these his Maiesties dominions ; intermixed and illustrated with variety of historicall obseruations, annotations, and briefe notes, extracted out of approued authors, infallible records, lieger bookes, charters, rolls, old manuscripts, and the collections of iudicious antiquaries ; whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments ; of the foundation and fall of religious houses ; of religious orders ; of the ecclesiasticall estate of England ; and of other occurrences touched upon by the way, in the whole passage of these intended labours /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weever, John, 1576-1632 (Author)
Other Authors: Cecil, Thomas, active 1630 (Engraver), Harper, Thomas, -1656 (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed by Thomas Harper ; and are to be sold by Laurence Sadler at the signe of the Golden Lion in little Britaine, 1631.
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Description
Item Description:Portrait frontispiece of the author, and added engraved title page, "Ancient funerall monuments with in the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the ilands adiacent", signed "T. Cecill sculp."
Errata on A4 recto.
Signatures: [pi]⁴ A⁴ B-4D⁶ 4E⁴ a-b⁴.
Leaf S3 is signed "R3."
Title within double-rule border; ornamental head-pieces and initials.
Includes index; some copies lack the index, some have the genuine index, while others have a reprint ca. 1800. See STC (2nd ed.).
No more published; the work covers only the dioceses of Canterbury, Rochester, London, and Norwich.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:[18], 871, [15] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 30 cm (folio in 6s)
Place of Publication:England -- London.