Some Account Of The Abbey Church Of Bath. Illustrative Of The Plans, Elevations, And Sections Of That Building.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
05/195
Variant Title
Plan, Elevations, Sections, and Specimens of the Architecture of the Abbey church of Bath.
Imprint
(Sumptibus Soc. Antiquar., Londini.: Publish'd by the Society of Antiquaries of London, 23rd. April 1798.)
Physical Description
8p., X pl. (incl. add. engr. t.-pl.); 649 mm. (Folio)
General Note
In some copies Plate I (added engr. t.-pl.) is bound in before the title-page.
Contents
[T.p.] - Introduction - Some Account Of The Abbey Church Of Bath - Plans, Elevations, Sections, And Specimens, Of The Architecture And Ornaments, Of The Abbey Church Of Bath. By J. Carter, Architect. Plate II(-X) - [Plate I (add. engr. t.pl.)] - [Plates II-X].
Responsibility Note
The anonymous text is attributed to Sir Henry Charles Englefield by the DNB and ESTC.
All plates are signed as drawn by John Carter and engraved by James Basire.
Each carries the publisher's imprint of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
References
ESTC, T105076
Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library ... Early printed books, 4 (2001), no. 3106.
On the Society of Antiquaries see J. Evans, A history of the Society of Antiquaries (1956).
Summary Note
The added engraved title-plate (plate I) reads, 'Plan, Elevations, Sections, and Specimens of the Architecture of the Abbey church of Bath.' This and all other plates carry the date of 23rd April 1798.
The plates show the Gothic church built ca. 1499-1606, which replaced the earlier Romanesque building.
This was the third publication in the Society of Antiquaries' series on the principal ancient churches of Britain, following those on St Stephen's Chapel in the Palace of Westminster (1795) and Exeter cathedral (1797). It was followed by accounts of the cathedrals of Durham (1801), Gloucester (1809) and St Alban's (1813). Projected volumes on the cathedrals of St. Davids, Wells and Norwich did not appear.
Binding Note
20th-century half green morocco, green cloth-covered boards; gilt-decorated spine lettered 'The Cathedrals Of Exeter, Bath, Durham, Gloucester & St. Albans. R.A. 1797-1817'. Bound with four others.
Subject
Architecture - Abbeys - Churches - Great Britain - Avon - Bath - Abbey Church of SS. Peter and Paul (Bath) - History - 16th century - Gothic
Plans - Elevations - Sections - Great Britain - 18th century
Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century