The Antiquities of England and Wales (page 2/8)

Ruins of Lindisfarne Priory

The caption reads, History Preserving the Monuments of Antiquity. The side View of Lindisfarne, or Holy Island Monastery, Northumberland. Pub. 25 May 1781 by S. Hooper The image is signed, S. Spurrow sc. [more...]

Front Cover, Grose’s Antiquities of England and Wales, Vol I

My copy of volume I is bound in full leather, but the boards are detached. I have Volumes one and three (and vol. three is missing the maps).

Ornament

A printer’s ornament from the end of a chapter or section. This one shows a knight’s helmet with a sword and arrows.

Bookplate with Crest

This bookplate seems to have had the owner’s name cut off, perhaps when the book was sold. It features an heraldic crest with a fleur-de-lys and a chief ermine in a [...] [more...]

Ornament

A printer’s ornament from the end of a chapter or section. This one shows a lyre or harp together with vine.

Knight and Hermit

A knight in armour carrying a shield is on foot, leading his horse. He stands by a tree in front of a church or monastery door. A bearded monk beckons him in, pointing towards the open door. In a niche in the wall we see a statue of the Madonna and child. [...] [more...]

Title Page, Antiquities of England and Wales

The Antiquities of England and Wales [more...]