Sir William Dugdale: ‘Monasticon Anglicanum: A history of th...

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Sir William Dugdale: ‘Monasticon Anglicanum: A history of the abbies and other monasteries, hospitals, friaries, and cathedral and collegiate churches... in England and Wales.’, London: Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1817-1830, 6 volumes in 8 (volume 6 is in 3 parts/volumes), engraved additional titles and 242 plates (see footnote), many double-page, plates rather spotted; together with DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM: ‘The History of Saint Paul's Cathedral, in London.’, London: Lackington, Hughes [&c.], 1818, 67 engraved plates, some double-page, [BAL RIBA 934]

ONE OF 50 LARGE PAPER COPIES, WITH PROOF PLATES, together 9 volumes, folio (473 x 315mm.), half-titles, list of subscribers in volume 1, nineteenth-century dark blue morocco gilt by J. Wright (the volume of St. Paul's uniformly bound by Ramage), gilt edges. Provenance: probably Henry Perkins (1778-1855), a subscriber to a large paper copy, with initials "HP" on upper cover of each volume, sale by Gadsden, Ellis & Co., 3 June 1873, lots 396 and 387 (but see footnote). All indications are that this copy belonged to Henry Perkins, though the copy sold at his library sale (see provenance) was described as being bound in purple morocco by Herring, possibly in error. As is often the case Monasticon Anglicanum is without the plate of a Benedictine nun at p.451 in vol.2. It is presumably omitted as it appears to be a duplicate of the same plate which is present at p.436 vol.1.
This new edition of Monasticon Anglicanum, the work of John Paley, Sir Henry Ellis and the Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel, greatly expanded the first edition of 1655 by drawing on records in the Tower of London and the Cottonian collection. It contains an enormous amount of information on the history of English religious houses and incorporates the charters of foundation, donation and confirmation granted to religious establishments. The fine engraved plates include plans and views of abbeys, cathedrals, monasteries and priories as well as engravings of costumes and seals. From the collection of Father Peter Harris, with his bookplates to front pastedowns (9)