DUGDALE'S MONASTICON ANGLICANUM. EDITED BY JOHN CALEY, ESQ. KEEPER OF THE RECORDS IN THE AUGMENTATION OFFICE; HENRY ELLIS, ESQ. KEEPER OF THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM ; AND THE REV. B. BANDINEL, M. A. THE present republication of this great Work contains the whole of the former Edition, together with a vast accession of new Matter in the number of Charters, &c. now first printed from Leiger-Books, Rolls, and other documents preserved in different Public Libraries, and in the Repositories of the Archives of the Country. In determining doubtful points as to the ancient distribution of property, and in tracing landed possessions from their earliest Proprietors, the MONASTICON has long been acknowledged as one of the highest authorities, and it has accordingly found a place in every considerable Law Library. The ample information which DUGDALE'S COLLECTIONS afford respecting our Religious Houses, and the great number of authentic Charters which they have preserved to us, and which, in instances through loss or destruction of the originals have been received, and admitted as evidence, in Courts of Law, have ever rendered the MONASTICON one of the most valuable and curious Works connected with English Jurisprudence and the Ecclesias tical History of the Country. The Fifteenth Part of this Work is ready for delivery. Price 27. 12s. 6d. per Part, small Paper, and 51. 5s. large Paper. In the course of the Publication of this Work, Engravings will be given upon a large scale of all our Cathedrals, and the most important Abbeys, Monasteries, and Religious Houses of the Country. DUGDALE'S ST. PAUL'S. THE HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL: with a Continuation and Additions, including the Republication of Sir WILLIAM DUGDALE'S LIFE from his own Manuscripts. By HENRY ELLIS, Esq. F.R.S. Sec.S.A. 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The Plates which, in addition to those abovementioned, are now for the first time offered to public attention, consist of an elevation of the West Front of Sir Christopher Wren's design, shewing considerable variations from the present structure, and another of an unexecuted design; both engraved from his original Drawings, preserved in All Souls' College, Oxford. Large exterior and internal Views of the Edifice, and a Ground Plan from actual admeasurements, are also given, with Views of the Sarcophagus in which the body of Lord Nelson is enclosed, in the Crypt, under the Cathedral, and the Monument of Sir Christopher Wren, which until now has remained unnoticed. The whole of the New Monuments which have been erected at the national expense have been engraved with exact fidelity from the marbles themselves, and present an important feature in the Illustration of our Metropolitan Cathedral. 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