THE CHURCHES OF THE MIDDLE AGES. BEING SELECT SPECIMES OF EARLY AND MIDDLE POINTED STRUCTURES WITH A FEW OF THE PUREST LATE POINTED EXAMPLES. VOL. I ONLY

London: George Bell, 1850. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. A large folio edition of The Churches of the Middle Ages, with numerous lithographic plates. The first volume only. Complete with fifty nine plates, some of which are double page, and one of which (South Kyme, Lincolnshire) is not mentioned in the list of plates; all this is in addition to the engraved title page in red and black. The churches featured are St. Andrews in Lincolnshire, St. Mary's Chapel of the Preceptory of the Knights Templar, Warwickshire, St. Dionysius, Lincolnshire, St. Stephen's, Northamptonshire, St. John's, Norfolk, Collegiate Church of Christ, Manchester, All Saints, Lincolnshire, and St. Mary and Nicholas, Cheshire. Most of the plates are architectural plans or illustrations of moldings, doorways, and other embellishments, with a few views of the churches. With tissue guards facing each plate, some now torn, and foxing to few of the final plates. Rebound in green cloth with gilt lettering. Leaves measuring about 54 x 37 cm. Very Good binding.