1836 ARCHITECTURE 1^ed Winkles Cathedral Churches 178 Steel Plates England Wales

Benjamin Winkles’s ‘Illustrations of the Cathedral Churches’ is without question the best and most important early 19^th-century collection of engravings of English cathedrals. These illustrations depict the iconic facades as well as the structural feats and decorative architecture inside each cathedral – columns, crypts, archways, and spires.

Item number: #23274

Price: $795

WINKLES, Benjamin

Winkles's architectural and picturesque illustrations of the cathedral churches of England and Wales;

London, Tilt and Bogue, 1836-1842. First edition.

Details:

·       Collation: 3 volumes

o   Volume 1 – 144

§  54 engravings, including engraved title page

o   Volume 2 – viii, 140

§  55 engravings

o   Volume 3 – [5], x-xvi, 160

§  59 engravings, plus engraved title page

o   Filled with Full-page engravings throughout

·       Provenance:

o   Stamp – C. C. Brown

o   Handwritten – Chas. C. Brown

·       Language: English

·       Binding: Leather; tight and secure

·       Size: ~12.5in X 9.75in (31.5cm x 25cm)

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