Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Billings, Robert William, 1813-1874
Title:
Architectural illustrations and account of the Temple Church, London./ By Robert William Billings ...
Published / Created:
London: Published by Thomas and William Boone, 29, New Bond-Street, and Robert William Billings, Manor-House, Kentish Town, 1838.
Physical Description:
vi, [2], 55, [1] p., xxxi leaves of plates : ill. ; 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 is inlaid to size and includes Billings' original drawings. Copy 1 has the bookplate of Rupert Sackville Gwynne. Copy 2 is imperfect: the engraved t.-p., and plates I and XXV-XXXI are wanting.
Contents:
Essay on the symbolic evidences of the Temple church. Were the Templars gnostic idolators as alleged?/ By Edward Clarkson, esq.--Historical account of the Temple church.--Descriptive account. Description of the illustrations.
Subject Terms:
Gwynne, Rupert Sackville, 1873-1924 -- Bookplate. | Billings, Robert William -- Publisher. | Temple Church (London). | Boone (Thomas) and William -- Publisher. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1838.