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CKES' (C. Architect) SPIRES AND TOWERS OF THE MEDIEVAL CHURCHES OF ENGLAND, Illustrations of, with Observations on the Architecture of the Middle Ages, 52 fine large drawings on stone of the principal English Cathedrals and Churches, in tinted paper, 2 vols. impl. folio, new hf. morocco, £2. 188 (pub. at £7.78)

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bis fine work illustrates the most beautiful specimens of Spire, Tower, and Steeple Architecture in all parts of the ɔm. The plates are executed in a very accurate and elaborate manner, from drawings made expressly for this work by thor himself.

1854

BURN'S (W.) MONUMENTAL HISTORY OF EGYPT, as recorded on the Ruins of her Temples, Palaces, and Tombs, upwards of 1200 Hieroglyphics and other engravings, some of which are coloured, 2 large and handsome volumes, 8vo. cloth, 16s (pub. at £2. 28) his valuable work embraces the period from the first Colonization of the Valley of the Nile, to the Exodus 1314 B.C. umber of Hieroglyphics and other illustrations amounts to upwards of 1200 not one of which has been copied from any g English work, many being taken from Sketches by the Author's own hand, whilst assistance has been sought from ery costly and elaborate works issued by the Governments of France, Italy, and Germany, and which are almost unknown gland.

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1852

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1851

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