Some Account Of The Cathedral Church Of Gloucester; Illustrative Of The Plans, Elevations, And Sections Of That Building.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
05/208
Variant Title
Plans elevations sections and specimens of the Architecture of the Cathedral church of Gloucester.
Imprint
London:: Printed By W. Bulmer And Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's., 1809.
Physical Description
12p., XVII pl. (incl. add. engr. t.-pl. and 3 dble. pl.); 649 mm.
General Note
The dble. pl. are [II], Vi and VII. Plates I and II lack their numbers. In some copies plate I (added engr. t.-pl.) is bound in before the title-page.
Contents
[T.p.] - Some Account Of The Cathedral Church Of Gloucester - Plans, Elevations, Sections, And Specimens, Of The Architecture Of The Cathedral Church of Gloucester. By J. Carter, Architect. Plate I. (-XVII.) - [Plate I. (add. engr. t.pl.)] - [Pl. II.-XVII.].
Responsibility Note
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.
Bulmer's imprint is repeated at the foot of p.12.
References
Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library ... Early printed books, 4 (2001), no. 3109.
Summary Note
The added engraved title-plate (plate I) reads, 'Plans elevations sections and specimens of the Architecture of the Cathedral church of Gloucester.' This and all other plates carry the date of 23rd April 1807.
The plates show Romanesque and Gothic features of the building.
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 - Churches - Cathedrals - Great Britain - Gloucestershire - Gloucester - History - Romanesque - Gothic
Plans - Elevations - Sections - 19th century
Pictorial works - 19th century