A large collection of engravings and manuscript drawings connected with Gough's Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain (Lond. 1786-96)

Title

A large collection of engravings and manuscript drawings connected with Gough's Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain (Lond. 1786-96)

Shelfmark

Gough Maps 221

Summary

A large collection of engravings and manuscript drawings connected with Gough's Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain (Lond. 1786-96), many of the drawings being by Schnebbelie, Carter and Basire. The drawings are of monuments, many supplementary to those engraved, and there are rubbings of brasses, letters, notes by Gough, etc.: A copy of Gough's Sepulchral Monuments, pt. 1 (Lond. 1786), with manuscript notes and additions by the author, and many papers and drawings bearing on the subject, some in manuscript: among which latter are:

At p. xv two letters from Tho. Walford, 30 Nov. 1786 and 26 March 1787

At p. liii two from J. Gordon, 27 Apr. and 5 May 1781

At p. 84 one from Rich. Greene, 3 Oct. 1783

At p. 86 one from J. C. Brooke, Somerset Herald, 30 May 1783

At p. 92 one from Will. Cole, 5 July 1781

At pp. 95, 178 two from John Cooke, 5 May 1786 and 18 Apr. 1787

At p. 113 a pedigree of the Buers family, 14th-16th century

Date

18th century

Language

English

Physical extent

1 volume