The history and antiquities of Windsor Castle, and the Royal College, and Chapel of St. George

The history and antiquities of Windsor Castle, and the Royal College, and Chapel of St. George

Full title: The history and antiquities of Windsor Castle, and the Royal College, and Chapel of St. George : with the institution, laws, and ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, including the several foundations in the castle, from their first establishment to the present time : with an account of the town and corporation of Windsor, the royal apartments, and paintings in the castle, the ceremonies of the installation of a Knight of the Garter : also an account of the first founders, and their successors Knights-Companions, to the present time, with their several Stiles or Titles, at large, from their Plates in the choir of St. George's Chapel : the succession of the Deans and Prebends of Windsor : the Alms-Knights : the monumental, and ancient inscriptions, with other particulars not mentioned by any author : the whole intirely new wrote, and illustrated with cuts.

Joseph Pote, 1704-1787

Eton : Printed by Joseph Pote, bookseller

M DCC XLIX [1749]

[6], iii, [11], 431, [1] pages : illustrations (some folded), portraits, plans ; 25 cm. (4°)

Dedication, which is printed in red, to Frederick, Prince of Wales, signed by Pote.

With an initial licence leaf and a list of subscribers.

Title page in red and black.

Etched portrait of Frederick by Richard Parr. Plates etched by Parr, except folded plan of Windsor Castle drawn by R. Biggs and engraved by Parr and J. Smith (bound where p. 47-48 omitted in paging). Woodcut head-piece, p. 1, signed FH.

"Corrigenda et addenda," p. 428.

Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]

Biggs, R. illustrator
Parr, Richard. illustrator
Smith, J. illustrator
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.

English

DA690.W76 P8 1749
ESTC T95997