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1. Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peters Westminster : containing an account of its ancient and modern building ... : with ye copies of ancient Saxon charters &c. and other writings relating to it : together with a particular history of the lives of the abbats, collected from ancient mss. of that convent, and historians, & the lives of the deans to this time : and also, a survey of the church and cloysters, taken in the year 1723, with the monuments there, which, with several prospects of ye church & other remarkable things, are curiously engraven by the best hands ... / by Mr. John Dart ; to which is added, Westminster Abbey, a poem, by the same author.

Westmonasterium, or, The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peters Westminster : containing an account of its ancient and modern building ... : with ye copies of ancient Saxon charters &c. and other writings relating to it : together with a particular history of the lives of the abbats, collected from ancient mss. of that convent, and historians, & the lives of the deans to this time : and also, a survey of the church and cloysters, taken in the year 1723, with the monuments there, which, with several prospects of ye church & other remarkable things, are curiously engraven by the best hands ... / by Mr. John Dart ; to which is added, Westminster Abbey, a poem, by the same author.
Creator:
Dart, John, -1730
Date:
[between 1723 and 1727]
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., ports, plan ; 40 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Dean's new magic picture book : showing wonderful & lifelike effects of real distance & space : book I : contains The Crystal Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, The Thames Tunnel.

Dean's new magic picture book : showing wonderful & lifelike effects of real distance & space : book I : contains The Crystal Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, The Thames Tunnel.
Date:
[between 1857 and 1865]
Physical Description:
[4] leaves : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. An historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments and curiosities : designed chiefly as a guide to strangers.

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Date:
1834
Physical Description:
189, [4], [1], [2] p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A new critical review of the publick buildings, statues and ornaments, in and about London and Westminster. With some reflections on the use of sepulchral monuments; as also a scheme shewing the dimensions of St. Peter's Church at Rome and St. Paul's Cathedral at London; and a preface, being an essay on taste. To all which is added, an Appendix, containing a dispute between the Weekly miscellany and the author; and a compleat Alphabetical index.

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Date:
1736
Physical Description:
3 p. l., vi, 91, [5] p. fold. table. 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. An historical description of Westminster-Abbey : its monuments and curiosities : containing an account of its foundation and miraculous consecration by St. Peter ... : designed as a guide to strangers in viewing this venerable pile ...

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Date:
1764
Physical Description:
iv, [5]-190, [2] p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A critical review of the public buildings, statues, and ornaments, in and about London and Westminster. Originally written by -----Ralph, architect, and now reprinted with very large additions.

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Date:
1783
Physical Description:
xxxi, 209 p. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. An historical description of Westminster Abbey : its monuments and curiosities.

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Date:
1824
Physical Description:
198 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A supplement to the antiquities of St. Peter's, or, The abbey-church of Westminster ...

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Creator:
Crull, Jodocus, -1713?
Date:
1713
Physical Description:
56, [6] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The monuments and genii of St. Paul's Cathedral and of Westminster Abbey : with historical sketches and descriptions of both churches : forming an entirely new and correct biography of all that is interesting in the lives and achievements of the most illustrious characters of the United Kingdoms / by George Lewis Smyth.

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Creator:
Smyth, George Lewis, 1800–1853
Date:
1839
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Architecture and history and Westminster Abbey / by William Morris.

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Creator:
Morris, William, 1834–1896
Date:
1900
Physical Description:
[2], 50 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The history and antiquities of the abbey church of St. Peter, Westminster : including notices and biographical memoirs of the abbots and deans of that foundation. / Illustrated by John Preston Neale. The whole of the literary department by Edward Wedlake Brayley ...

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Creator:
Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773–1854
Date:
1818-1823
Physical Description:
2 v., [58] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Reges, reginæ, nobiles, & alij in ecclesia collegiata B. Petri Westmonasterij sepulti vsque ad annum reparatæ salutis 1600 ...

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Creator:
Camden, William, 1551–1623
Date:
1600
Physical Description:
[81] p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. An historical description of Westminster Abbey : its monuments and curiosities designed chiefly as a guide to strangers.

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Date:
1827
Physical Description:
198 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The antiquities of St. Peter's, or, The abbey-church of Westminster : containing all the inscriptions, epitaphs, &c. upon the tombs and grave-stones : with the lives, marriages and issue of the most eminent personages therein reposited and their coats of arms truly emblazon'd : adorn'd with draughts of the tombs, curiously engraven ...

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Creator:
Crull, Jodocus, -1713?
Date:
1713
Physical Description:
[10], 351, [15] p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. A historical description of Westminster Abbey : its monuments and curiosities.

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Date:
1843
Physical Description:
vi, 124 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts