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Title

The history and antiquities of the Vicar's Close, Wells, Somersetshire : consisting of plans, elevations, sections, and parts at large / from sketches and admeasurements, taken in 1832 by Augustus Pugin, architect ... ; accompanied by historical and descriptive accounts by Thomas Larkins Walker, architect ; with an appendix ...

Author

Walker, T. L. (Thomas Larkins)

Publication

London : Printed for the author, Thomas Larkins Walker, and sold by John Weale, at the Architectural Library; John Williams; at the Library of the Fine Arts; Martin Taylor; B. Backhouse, Wells; and Simms, Bath, 1836

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Additional Authors

• Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852.
• Wollaston, George B., 1815?-1899.
• Prichard, John, 1817-1886.
• Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811-1877.

Description

[1], viii, [2], 28 p., 25 [i.e. 26] leaves of plates : ill., plans; 31 cm.

Series Statement

• Pugin's examples of Gothic architecture; 3rd ser., pt. 1
• Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832. Examples of Gothic architecture ; 3rd ser., pt. 1.

Alternative Title

• Continuation of Pugin's works on the architecture of the Middle Ages
• Vicar's Close, Wells, Somersetshire

Subjects

• Architecture, Gothic > England > Wells > Pictorial works
• Wells (England) > History
• Vicars' Close (Wells, England) > History
• Cathedral closes > England > Wells > Pictorial works
• Vicars' Close (Wells, England) > Pictorial works
• Wells (England) > Buildings, structures, etc > Pictorial works

Note

• Dated on front cover: August 1836.
• "Part I of Pugin's examples of Gothic architecture; third series: consisting of twenty-six plates, illustrating, by plans, sections, elevations, and details, the Vicars' Close, Wells, Somersetshire ..."--Covers.
• Illustrations: 25 prints : engraving ; full-page (24), double-page (1). "Sketched and measured by Augs. W. Pugin." Drawn by G.B. Wollaston, J. Prichard and T.L. Walker; engraved by T.T. Bury. Numbered 1-6, 6*, 7-25; the double-page plate is numbered 17-18.
• Appendix "containing translations of the original letters patent of King Edward III, Bishop Radulphus de Salopia's deed of gift and a table of the statutes and injunctions": p. [23]-28.

Provenance (note)

• [Frederick S.] Waller, Gloster (inscription on front pastedown; in pencil on t.p.: "Waller").

Binding (note)

• Binding: Publisher's quarter dark olive linen and drab paper boards. "Address" (prospectus for the projected 3 pts. of Pugin's examples of Gothic architecture, 3rd ser.) on back cover.

Call Number

Arents BIP+ (Walker, T. History 1836) 06-436

OCLC

9997682

Author

Walker, T. L. (Thomas Larkins)

Title

The history and antiquities of the Vicar's Close, Wells, Somersetshire : consisting of plans, elevations, sections, and parts at large / from sketches and admeasurements, taken in 1832 by Augustus Pugin, architect ... ; accompanied by historical and descriptive accounts by Thomas Larkins Walker, architect ; with an appendix ...

Imprint

London : Printed for the author, Thomas Larkins Walker, and sold by John Weale, at the Architectural Library; John Williams; at the Library of the Fine Arts; Martin Taylor; B. Backhouse, Wells; and Simms, Bath, 1836 (London : James Moyes)

Series

Pugin's examples of Gothic architecture; 3rd ser., pt. 1

Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832. Examples of Gothic architecture ; 3rd ser., pt. 1.

Binding

Binding: Publisher's quarter dark olive linen and drab paper boards. "Address" (prospectus for the projected 3 pts. of Pugin's examples of Gothic architecture, 3rd ser.) on back cover.

Provenance

[Frederick S.] Waller, Gloster (inscription on front pastedown; in pencil on t.p.: "Waller").

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Added Author

Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812-1852.

Wollaston, George B., 1815?-1899. Illustrator

Prichard, John, 1817-1886. Illustrator

Bury, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), 1811-1877. Engraver

Waller, Frederick S. Former owner

Research Call Number

Arents BIP+ (Walker, T. History 1836) 06-436