[SALISBURY CATHEDRAL.]

On the North Side of the Chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the Cathedral church of Sarum, is another small Chapel of Thirty-one Feet long and Sixteen Feet wide, founded by Margaret, (Daughter and sole Heir of William Lord Botreaux) Wife of Sir Robert Hungerford, Knight ...

Salisbury, printed and sold by B. Collins, 1765. Folio (318 x 190 mm.), broadside, printed one sideas issued, enclosed by woodcut border. Rare broadside description of the charity Chapel that was built against the exterior walls of Salisbury Cathedral in the late 15th century. The printed explanation gives a description of the chapel, its historical background, details of its endowment and reproduces the inscriptions. It was issued to explain a print of the Chapel, which had been issued by J.Lyons at Salisbury in June 1748 (not present here). Between 1789 and 1792 the architect James Wyatt restored Salisbury Cathedral and in a controversial attempt to restore the purity of the 13th century cathedral design he removed the Hungerford Charity Chapel. This rare ephemeral broadside is thus the only printed source of the Chapel at the time of its destruction.ESTC on line (British Library only).

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• libraire: Bernard Quaritch Ltd. (GREAT BRITAIN)