The history of the antient abbeys, monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches

Title

The history of the antient abbeys, monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches

Alternative Title

The history of the antient abbeys, monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches : Being two additional volumes to Sir William Dugdale's 'Monasticon Anglicanum' : containing the original and first establishment of all the religious orders that ever were in Great Britain ... not spoken of by Sir William Dugdale, and Mr. Dodsworth. The foundations of their several monasteries ... Collected from above two hundred of the best historians extant, and from antient manuscripts in the Bodleian and Cotton Libraries, and many more in the hands of learned antiquaries. Adorn'd with a considerable number of copper plates ...

Creator

Stevens, John, -1726

Publisher

London : Printed for Tho. Taylor, Luke Stokoe, Jos Smith, John Senex, W. Taylor, T. Meighan, J. Batley, And. Johnston, W. Bray, R. King, and Tho. Cox

Date

1722-1723

Format

2 volumes : Illustrations, some folded ; 34 cm

Description

Titlepage to volume II has a full-stop after 'Anglicanum' ; the imprint reads : Printed for Jos. Smith, Tho. Taylor, Luke Stokoe, John Senex, W. Taylor, T. Meighan, J. Batley, And. Johnston, W. Bray, R. King, and Tho. Cox. MDCCXXIII.
Titlepages printed in red and black.
Volume I, gathering following 3X signed 'Yyy Zzz'; volume II, gatherings following 2P signed 'Qq Rr', 'Ss Tt', 'Uu Xx' & 'Yy Zz'.
Volume I, pages 69-72, 362 & 363 respectively misnumbered 68-71, 356 & 353; volume II, pages 153-154, 155-156, 157-158, 159-160, 161-162, 163-164, 165-166 & 167-168 respectively misnumbered 154-155, 158-159, 162-163, 166-167, 170-171, 174-175, 178-179 & 182-183.
Volume I, pp.[265-268] numbered in columns 265-272.
With woodcut head- and tail-pieces, and initials.

Provenance

Bookplate: Ex Libris Daniel Robert Woolf, FRSC.
Bookplate: Oportet Vivere Francis W. Steer F.R. Hist S
Cambridge binding

Contributor

Gift of Daniel Woolf,
Sartor, illustrator, active 1722-1723 illustrator.
Batley, Jeremiah, -1737, bookseller.
Bray, William, active 1709-1722, bookseller.
Burgis, William, active 1722-1736, illustrator.
Cole, B. (Benjamin), engraver.
Collins, James, active 1715-1724, engraver.
Cox, Thomas, -1754, bookseller.
Dugdale, William, 1605-1686.
Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725, engraver.
Harris, J. active 1722, illustrator.
Johnston, Andrew, active 1700-1726, bookseller.
King, R., active 1722-1723, bookseller.
Kirkall, Elisha, approximately 1682-1742, engraver.
Meighan, T., bookseller.
Nicholls, Sutton, engraver.
Senex, John, -1740, bookseller.
Smith, Joseph, active 1722-1723, bookseller.
Stokoe, Luke, active 1700-1727, bookseller.
Taylor, Thomas, active 1722-1723, bookseller.
Taylor, William, -1723, bookseller.

Language

English

Identifier

BX2592 .S84 1722;
English Short Title Catalog t147338

Files

BX2592S841722V1.jpg

Citation

Stevens, John, -1726, “The history of the antient abbeys, monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed May 3, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/827.