Album containing 122 engravings by Stukeley, many in proof, assembled by the artist himself. Contents include 85 engravings from Itinerarium Curiosum and 23 from Stonehenge, a Temple Restor’d to the British Druids.
Description:
Plate numbered 104.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Antiquities --Early works to 1800 and Wiltshire (England) --Antiquities
Subject (Topic):
Megalithic monuments --England --Wiltshire and Stonehenge (England)--Early works to 1800
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of an abridgement of a work by John Foxe (1516-87), including a discussion against Papists and a history of England's rulers, important religious figures, and those burned as heretics.
Description:
Binding: modern cardboard., Date on first page: "Mar. 30. 1668.", For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., In English., and Text on rectos only.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--1066-1687., Great Britain--Kings and rulers., and Great Britain--Religious life and customs.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Controversial literature--Protestant authors., Catholic Church--Doctrines--Protestant authors., and Foxe, John,--1516-1587.
Subject (Topic):
Christian martyrs., Church history., and Persecution--History.
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Battle of the books Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit Wotton, William, 1666-1727
Published / Created:
1710
Call Number:
1974 1189
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
The battle of the books. and The mechanical operation of the spirit.
Description:
"A full and true account of the battel" p. [243]-299, and "A discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit," p. [301]-344, have individual title pages., Imperfect: plate opposite p. 133 wanting., and The explanatory notes are by William Wotton.
Publisher:
Printed for John Nutt, near Stationers-Hall,
Subject (Name):
Manning, William,--Jr.--Autograph and Tinker, Chauncey Brewster,--1876-1963--Bookplate