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CATHEDRALS -- [JOHN CARTER (1784-1817)]
Some Account of the Cathedral Church of Gloucester. London: W. Bulmer [for the Society of Antiquaries], 1809. [Bound with:] John Topham (1746-1803). Some Account of the Collegiate Chapel of St. Stephen, Westminster [And:] H.C. Englefield. Description of the Additional Plates of St. Stephen's Chapel. [London: for the Society of Antiquaries, 1795-1811?]. 2 parts. [And:] 4 other works published for the Society of Antiquaries on: the Cathedral Church at Exeter [1797]; the Abbey Church at Bath, 1798; Durham, 1801; and St. Alban's, 1813. Together 6 works in one series, large 2° (650 x 485mm). 95 engraved plates only (of 96?), many by James Basire after John Carter, some double-page. (Lacks additional engraved title-page and plate 6 of Bath, one or two plates shaved by the binder.) Later hard-grained black half morocco, spine with title 'Cathedrals' in gilt.
DAWSON TURNER, SAMUEL RUSH MEYRICK et al. Specimens of the Ancient Sculpture and Painting now remaining in England. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1838. 2° (499 x 302mm). 120 etched plates by and after John Carter, 17 hand-coloured, several others tinted, some double-page and a few folding. (Margins of the first few leaves frayed and becoming loose, short tear in one plate.) Contemporary hard-grained brown half morocco (upper joint worn).
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Some Account of the Cathedral Church of Gloucester. London: W. Bulmer [for the Society of Antiquaries], 1809. [Bound with:] John Topham (1746-1803). Some Account of the Collegiate Chapel of St. Stephen, Westminster [And:] H.C. Englefield. Description of the Additional Plates of St. Stephen's Chapel. [London: for the Society of Antiquaries, 1795-1811?]. 2 parts. [And:] 4 other works published for the Society of Antiquaries on: the Cathedral Church at Exeter [1797]; the Abbey Church at Bath, 1798; Durham, 1801; and St. Alban's, 1813. Together 6 works in one series, large 2° (650 x 485mm). 95 engraved plates only (of 96?), many by James Basire after John Carter, some double-page. (Lacks additional engraved title-page and plate 6 of Bath, one or two plates shaved by the binder.) Later hard-grained black half morocco, spine with title 'Cathedrals' in gilt.
DAWSON TURNER, SAMUEL RUSH MEYRICK et al. Specimens of the Ancient Sculpture and Painting now remaining in England. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1838. 2° (499 x 302mm). 120 etched plates by and after John Carter, 17 hand-coloured, several others tinted, some double-page and a few folding. (Margins of the first few leaves frayed and becoming loose, short tear in one plate.) Contemporary hard-grained brown half morocco (upper joint worn).
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