Britton’s Cathedral Antiquities 1813 – 1835. 16 Volumes in 13.

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Britton’s Cathedral Antiquities 1813 – 1835. 16 Volumes in 13.

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row; The Author, Tavistock Place; and J. Taylor, 59, High Holborn.

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All 16 Volumes of Britton’s Cathedral Antiquities, in the desirable Imperial 4to size, complete with 325 Engravings.

The volume(s) measure about 34 cm. by 26.5 cm. by 1.5 -3 cm.

Each leaf measures about 330 mm. by 255 mm.

An Historical and Architectural Essay Relating to Redcliffe Church, Bristol: Illustrated with Plans, Views, and Architectural Details: Including An Account of the Monuments, and Anecdotes of Eminent Persons Interred within its Walls: Also an Essay on The Life and Character of Thomas Chatterton. By John Britton, F.S.A. London:  Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row; J. Taylor, High Holborn and the Author, Tavistock Place. Sold by Barry, Brown, Bulgin, Elliston, Norton and Son, Sheppard, and Peckover, at Bristol; Also by Barratt, Godwin, Upham, and Meyler and Son, at Bath. 1813.

Paginates; xxii, 40 p. Complete with Half Title and 12 engraved plates.

“Thou seest this maystrie of a human hand,

The pride of Bristoive and the Western Land.”

The History and Antiquities of Bath Abbey Church: Including Biographical Anecdotes of the Most Distinguished Persons Interred in That Edifice: With an in which its principal Monumental Inscriptions are recorded. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings. By John Britton, F.S.A. etc. etc. London: Printed for the Author, Burton-Street; Longman and Co., Paternoster-Row; Taylor, 59, High Holborn; and sold by the Booksellers of Bath, &c. 1825

Paginates; xii, 156 p. Complete with additional engraved title page and 9 engraved plates. The famous Fire Edition. Originally published in July 1824 where the entire edition was consumed by fire. Reprinted, January 1825. 10 plates.

 

The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury; illustrated with a Series of Engravings, of Views, Elevations, Plans, and Details of that Edifice: Also Etchings of the Ancient Monuments and Sculpture. By John Britton, F.S.A. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row; The Author, Tavistock Place; and J. Taylor, 59, High Holborn. 1814

Paginates: viii, 113, [1] Complete. Additional engraved title page, and 31 engraved plates. 32 plates

 

The History and Antiquities of the See and Cathedral Church of Norwich; Illustrated with a Series of Engravings, of Views, Elevations, Plans, and Details of the Architecture of that Edifice: Including Biographical Anecdotes of the Bishops, and of Other Eminent Persons Connected with the Church. By John Britton, F.S.A. London: Printed for, and published by, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row; The Author, 10, Tavistock Place; and J. Taylor, 59, High Holborn. 1816

Paginates; iv, 88 p. Complete with additional engraved title page and 24 plates. 25 plates

 

The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Winchester; illustrated with a series of engravings, of views, elevations, plans, and details of that edifice: Including Biographical Anecdotes of the Bishops, and of Other Eminent Persons Connected with the Church. By John Britton, F.S.A. London: Printed for, and published by, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row; The Author, 10, Tavistock Place; and J. Taylor, 59, High Holborn. 1817

Paginates; vi, 9 – 138, [4] p. Complete. Additional engraved title page, and 29 engraved plates. 30 plates

 

The History and Antiquities of The Metropolitan Church of York; Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, of Views, Elevations, Plans and Details of the Architecture of that Edifice: with Biographical Anecdotes of the Archbishops. By John Britton, F.S.A. London: Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown and the Author, 10, Tavistock Place; and J. Taylor, 59, High Holborn. 1819.

Paginates; vi, 96 p., Complete. Additional engraved title page, and 34 engraved plates. As per all copies plates 31 and 35 were never published. 35 plates.

 

The History and Antiquities of the See and Cathedral Church of Lichfield; Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, Views Elevations, Plans, and Details of the Architecture of the Church: with Biographical Anecdotes of the Bishops of Lichfield and Coventry. By John Britton, F.S.A. London: Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; the Author, 10, Tavistock Place, and J. Taylor, 59, High Holborn. 1820.

Paginates; (1-7), 8-74 p. Complete with 16 engraved plates.

 

The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Worcester; Illustrated by a Series of Engravings of Views, Elevations, Plans, and Details of that Edifice, including an Architectural Description of the Church; and Biographical Anecdotes of the Bishops and of other Eminent Persons connected with the Cathedral. By John Britton, F.S.A. M.R.S.I. London: Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and T. Longman, Paternoster Row. 1835.

Paginates; xxxii, 32, (1) – 16, (2), (2) p.  Complete with final advertising leaf. Additional engraved title page, vignette title page, and 15 engraved plates. 16 plates

 

The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Oxford, Illustrated By A Series of Engravings, of views, plans, elevations, sections and details of that edifice: with biographical anecdotes of the Bishops, and of other eminent persons connected with the church. By John Britton, F.S.A. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster Row; J. Taylor, 59, High Holborn; And The Author, Burton Cottage, Burton Street. 1821.

Paginates; 50 p.  Complete with 11 engraved plates.

 

The History and Antiquities of the Abbey, and Cathedral Church of Bristol; illustrated by a series of engravings of views, elevations, plans and details of that edifice; with biographical anecdotes of eminent persons connected with the establishment. By John Britton, F.S.A. M.R.S.I. London: Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green Paternoster Row; The Author, Burton Street; and J. Taylor, 59, High Holborn. 1830.

Paginates; x, 78 p.  Complete. Additional engraved title page, vignette title page, and 11 engraved plates. With the 2 leaves of advertising (pg 75 – 78) often omitted. 12 engraved plates. First edition, largely financed by subscription. The printed list of subscribers, present here, was omitted from the collected Nattali edition of 1836.

 

The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Hereford, illustrated by a series of engravings of Views, Elevations, and Plans of that Edifice; with Biographical Anecdotes of Eminent Persons connected with the Establishment. By John Britton, F.S.A. London: Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green Paternoster Row; The Author, Burton Street; and Joseph Taylor, 59, High Holborn. 1831.

Paginates; viii, 74 p. Complete. Additional engraved title page, vignette title page, and 15 engraved plates.               16 plates

 

The History and Antiquities of the Metropolitical Church of Canterbury; Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, Views, Elevations, Plans, and Details of the Architecture of that Edifice: with Biographical Anecdotes of the Archbishops, etc. By John Britton. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, Paternoster Row; the Author, Burton Cottage, Burton Street; and J. Taylor, 59, High Holborn. 1821.

Paginates; (4), (i)-ii, 5-110, (4) p. Complete. Additional engraved title page and 25 engraved plates. 26 plates

 

The History and the Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Exeter: Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, of Views, Elevations, Sections, and Plan, of that Edifice. Including Biographical Anecdotes of the Bishops of the See. By John Britton, F.S.A. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row; the Author, Burton Cottage, Burton Street; and J. Taylor, 59, High Holborn. 1826.

Paginates; iv, 152 p. Complete. Additional engraved title page and 21 engraved plates. 22 plates

 

The History and Antiquities of the Abbey, and Cathedral Church of Peterborough: illustrated by a series of engravings of views, elevations, plans, and details of the architecture of the church, with biographical anecdotes of eminent persons connected with the establishment. By John Britton, F.S.A. M.R.S.I. London: Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green Paternoster Row; The Author, Burton Street; and J. Taylor, 59, High Holborn. 1828.

Paginates; viii, 88 p. Complete. Additional engraved title page, vignette title page, and 15 engraved plates. 16 plates

 

The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Wells; Illustrated By a Series of Engravings, of views, Elevations, Plans and Details of the Architecture of That Edifice; Including Biographical Anecdotes of the Bishops of the See of Bath and Wells. By John Britton, F.S.A. London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green Paternoster Row; the Author, Burton Cottage, Burton Street; and J. Taylor, 59, High Holborn. 1824.

Paginates; viii, 130 p. Complete. Additional engraved title page, and 23 engraved plates. Plates IV and V numbered twice. 24 plates

 

The History and Antiquities of the Abbey, and Cathedral Church of Gloucester: illustrated by a series of engravings of views, elevations, plans, and details of that edifice; with biographical anecdotes of eminent persons connected with the establishment. By John Britton, F.S.A. M.R.S.I. London: Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green Paternoster Row; The Author, Burton Street; and J. Taylor, 59, High Holborn. 1829.

Paginates; viii, 88, 18, [2] p. Complete with 22 engraved plates. Vignette Title page. 22 Plates

Bound in mid – 19th Century Half Goat with matching marbled boards and endpapers. The spine with four double raised gilt decorated bands, gilt decorations to the top and bottom and lettering in the second and fourth compartment. One volume not uniform but from the same period and collection. All the bindings strong without splits, or loose pages.

Wear to the edges and some corners. Some volumes with chips to the spine but generally quite pleasing.

Internally, scattered light foxing throughout, but otherwise clean and free of water stains. The plates all strong impressions with the odd proof plate scattered throughout, as would normally be found in the Imperial 4to edition.

Britton’s Cathedral Antiquities were printed in three sizes; Medium 4to, Imperial 4to and Super Royal Folio with Proofs. Our set in Imperial 4to.

325 Engraved Plates

Per Wikipedia; ‘John Britton FSA (1771 – 1857) was an English antiquary, topographer, author and editor. He was a prolific populariser of the work of others, rather than an undertaker of original research. He is remembered as co-author (mainly in association with his friend Edward Wedlake Brayley) of nine volumes in the series The Beauties of England and Wales (1801–1814); and as sole author of the Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain (9 vols, 1805–1814) and Cathedral Antiquities of England (14 vols, 1814–1835).

Britton was the originator of a new class of literary works. “Before his time”, says Digby Wyatt, “popular topography was unknown.” In 1805 Britton published the first part of his Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain (9 vols., 1805–1814); and this was followed by Cathedral Antiquities of England (14 vols., 1814–1835). In 1845 a Britton Club was formed, and a sum of £1000 was subscribed and given to Britton, who was subsequently granted a civil list pension by Disraeli, then chancellor of the exchequer. Britton was an earnest advocate of the preservation of national monuments, proposing in 1837 the formation of a society comparable to the later Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (founded 1877). Britton himself supervised the reparation of Waltham Cross and Stratford-on-Avon church. He died in London on 1 January 1857, aged 85.’

Two other Religious ‘Church’ Architectural works were also published, with which Britton was associated either as author or editor; Historical Account of Redcliffe Church, Bristol (1813) and The History and Antiquities of Bath Abbey Church (1825), rounding out the series at 16 Volumes.

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