- Our National Cathedrals (the Richest Architectural Heritage of the British Nation)

London, Ward, Lock and Co, 1887-1889. First edition. Leather. A lavishly illustrated three-volume set detailing the history and architecture of English cathedrals, with colour plates. First edition. Complete in three volumes. Uniformly bound in half morocco with cloth boards.A wonderful comprehensive history of English, Scotch and Irish cathedrals, with descriptions of their beauties, architectural features and origins. Each cathedral is accompanied with an account of modern restorations.Locations discussed include St. Paul's, Bangor, Bristol, Hereford, York, Rochester and many more. Compiled and revised with the aid of dignitaries of the Anglican Church. The set is richly illustrated throughout with in-text wood engravings, as well as colour plates reproduced from fine steel engravings. With a frontispiece and sixty-seven coloured plates to volume I, frontispiece and sixty-nine coloured plates to volume II, and a frontispiece and fifty coloured plates to volume III. Collated, complete. Uniformly bound in half morocco, with cloth boards. Externally, very smart. With light rubbing to the extremities and a few marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spots to the first and last few leaves. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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