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 ...

Dart, John, -1730 · 1723 · London : Printed and sold by James Cole ... Joseph Smith ..., Tho. Bowles ..., Jer: Batley ..., Thomas Taylor ..., John Bowles ..., and by Andrew Johnstone ... · 6 pictures

John Dart's 1723 history of Westminster Abbey, printed in London by James Cole, Joseph Smith and other booksellers, records the church's building, its abbots and deans, and a survey of its monuments. The engravings show tomb monuments with recumbent effigies, heraldic shields, and classical columns, offering designers period models for funerary architecture, cartouches, and engraved ornament.

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