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1836 Winkles' Architectural & Picturesque Illustrations of Cathedral Churches

Name: 1836 Winkles' Architectural & Picturesque Illustrations of Cathedral Churches
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Winkles' Architectural and Picturesque Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches of England and Wales;
The Drawings Made from the Sketches Taken Expressly for This Work by Robert Garland, Architect.

By Benjamin Winkles

(views and plans by Robert Garland, descriptions by Thomas Moule)

Published by Effingham Wilson, London, 1836. First Edition. Complete in Three Volumes. Half leather bindings, pp xx, 144 pages; viii, 140 pages; xvi,160. 3 engraved title pages as well as letterpress title pages, illustrated with 178 steel-engraved plates.

Includes ground plans and depictions of the cathedrals of Salisbury, Canterbury, York, St. Paul's Wells, Rochester, Winchester, Lincoln, Chichester, Ely, Peterborough, Norwich, Exeter, Bristol, Oxford, Lichfield, Gloucester, Hereford, Worcester, Durham, Carlisle, Chester, Ripon, St. David's, Llandaff, St. Aspah, and Bangor.

CONDITION

A good complete first edition. All three bindings are in good solid condition. Inner and outer joints secure with no cracking. All contents present including all engravings and the pages are good throughout. The plates are also in good condition, some having light spotting round the margins but most are in good condition. See images. Overall a well-presented set in good condition

(Loc: Architecture shelf )