DART, John. Westmonasterium or the history and Antiquities o - Lot 32

DART, John. Westmonasterium or the history and Antiquities of the Abbey church of St. Peters Westminster. London, Carington Bowles, s.d. [c. 1723]. 2 vols. in-folio. Contemporary smooth calf, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title-pieces and green morocco tomes (certainly English bindings). History of the famous Westminster Abbey, containing "an account of its ancient and modern buildings, endowments, chapels, altars, relics, customs, privileges, forms of government [...]", preceded by Dart's poem "Westminster Abbey". With a folding frontispiece in Volume II, 3 folding plates and 143 hors-texte plates including 7 of coats of arms. Volume I: Engraved title page, one entablature and lettrine, 7 plates of coats of arms numbered II to VIII, 1 hors-texte plate, 3 folding plates, 11pl - 50 pl and 5 headers, 5 lettrines and two culs-de-lampe. By J. Cole. Vol. II: One folding frontispiece, 74 plates, two headpieces, 2 lettering and two endpapers. Pagination error: pages 67 to 70 missing. Restorations to spines and covers, endpapers and first blank leaves renewed. Mottling.