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245 0 0 $a Sepulchral Monuments In Great Britain Applied To Illustrate The History Of Families, Manners, Habits, And Arts, At The Different Periods $b From The Norman Conquest To The Seventeenth Century. With Introductory Observations. Part I. Containg The Four First Centuries. (Part II. Containing The Fifteenth Century.)
260 # # $a London, $b Printed By J. Nichols, For The Author; And Sold By T. Payne And Son. $c MDCCLXXXVI. (-MDCCXCVI.) $c [1786-1796]
300 # # $a 2 vols.: $c illus.; $c 480 mm. (Folio).
500 # # $a Vol. I: [2], 14, [ii], cciv, [2], 223, [1] p., [82] leaves carrying [83] pl. The 83 pl. consist of 9 unnumbered pl. accompanying the Introduction and 74 irregularly numbered pl. accompanying the main text (numbered as 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10/11, 12, 8, 13, 14, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 17, 20, 21, 22, 22, 23, 23, 24/24[two coppers], 25-28, 30-34, 35, 35, 36, [1], 37-42, 44, 45, 45, 45, 46-51, 52, 52, 54, 54, 55, 57, 58, 53, 59-65.) - Vol. II: [2], xiv, [2], 386, [1-]5,[3], 7-17, [1] p., 143 leaves (2 fold.) carrying 146 pl. The 146 pl. are irregularly numbered as 1-6, 6-9, 11, 9, 10-18, 18-23, 23-26, 26, 26-29, 29, 29-36, 36/36 [2 coppers], 36/36 [2 coppers], 37, 37-47, 47, 49, 48, 49-54, 56, 57/79 [2 coppers], 59-62, 64-66, 68-74, 76-78, 80-82, 82, 84-87, 89, 90, 88, 91-93, 93-102, 102-108, 75, 109-114, 116-131.
505 0 # $a Vol. I: [T.-p.] - List Of Plates - Contents Of The Introduction - Introduction (with pl.) - Appendix - Table (by century) - [Text (with pl.), on monuments of 11th-14th centuries] - Errata. - Vol. II: [T.-p.] - Table. XVth century - List Of Plates - [Text (with pl.), on monuments of 15th century] - [Appendices].
508 # # $a Edited by Richard Gough.

Some plates are unsigned; most are signed by J. Basire as draughtsman and engraver; others are signed by draughtsmen T.B. Senn, 'JL', M. Tyson, C. Frederick, J. Carter, 'R.G', Kerrich, Pounc(e)y or D. King, or (in Vol. II only) by Schnebbelie, J. Johnson, J.H. Grimm, I. Halfpenny, G. Vertue, Sympson, T.R. Underwood, Kerrick, Fisher, Longmate, Carpenter, Coles, and by engravers T. Cook, Fras. Cary, J. Carter, or (in Vol. II only) Caroline Basire now Langdon, I. Halfpenny, Schnebbelie or Longmate. Some plates signed as drawn and engraved by Basire were drawn by William Blake (see G. Bentley, Blake books (1977), no. 461).

The imprint on the title page of Volume II adds the name of the bookseller, G.G. and J. Robinson (that is the three partners, George, George and John Robinson).
510 0 # $a RIBA, Early printed books, 2 (1995), 1257.

R. Sweet, Antiquaries (2004). On the Gothic Revival see G. Worsley, 'The origins of the Gothic Revival: a reappraisal', in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 6th ser. 3 (1993), p. 105-50; M. McCarthy, Origins of the Gothic Revival (1987); K. Clark, The Gothic Revival (1962).
510 4 # $a ESTC $c T74411
520 2 # $a Some plates are dated (in Vol. I, 1653, 1734, 1783, 1784; in Vol. II, 1782, 1787, 1789, 1793, 1795).
561 # # $a Council resolved to purchase Volume I in 1789 (RA Council Minutes II, 71, 19 March 1789); and Volume II in 1811 (RA Council Minutes, IV, 317, 21 December 21. Payment for vol. I is recorded in RA Cashbook 1769-1795: 'Monuments in Britain £6: 6s.'; volume II was produced in Council on 22 January 1812 (RA Council Minutes, IV, 325); it also had been purchased for 6 guineas.
563 # # $a 18th-century diced calf, with gilt border incorporating Gothic motifs on upper and lower covers; rebacked in 20th century, spine lettered, 'Gough's Sepulchral Monuments - Vol. I. (II.) R.A.'
653 # # $a Sepulchral monuments, British - Sculpture, British - Genealogy - Social life and customs - Christian antiquities - Great Britain - History - Romanesque - Gothic
655 # 4 $a Art history - Great Britain - 18th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century
700 1 # $a Gough, Richard $e editor
700 1 # $a Nichols, John $e printer
700 1 # $a Payne, Thomas $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Basire, James $e draughtsman $e engraver
700 1 # $a Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Robinson, George $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Robinson, John $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Carter, John $e draughtsman $e engraver
700 1 # $a Kerrich, Thomas $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Langdon, Caroline $e engraver
700 1 # $a Vertue, George $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Longmate, Barak $e draughtsman $e engraver
700 1 # $a Senn, T. B. $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Tyson, Michael $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Frederick, C. $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Cook, Thomas $e engraver
700 1 # $a Cary, Francis $e engraver
700 1 # $a Halfpenny, Joseph $e draughtsman $e engraver
700 1 # $a Schnebbelie, Jacob Christopher $e draughtsman $e engraver
700 1 # $a Grimm, Samuel Hieronymous $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Robinson, George $e bookseller
700 1 # $a William Blake $e draughtsman $e engraver
710 2 # $a T. Payne and Son (London) $e printer
852 8 # $d 1802: Y-0-11; 1821: 20-3-01.