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001 $ 03/2868
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20190813125329.7
035 # # $z 6979 (vol. I) ; 6980 (vol. II)
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
245 0 0 $a Some Account Of The Alien Priories, And Of Such Lands As They Are Known To Have Possessed In England And Wales. In Two Volumes. Volume The First. (Second.)
260 # # $a London: $b Printed By And For J. Nichols; Sold By H. Payne, Pall-Mall; And N. Conant, Fleet-Street. $c MDCCLXXIX. $c [1779]
300 # # $a 2 vols.; $c 185 mm. (Octavo).
500 # # $a Vol. I: i-xii, ix-lxiv, 110 p., [6] pl. (3 fold.). The first plate is a map. - Vol. II: v, [i], 235, [1] p., [3] pl. (2 fold.).
505 0 # $a Vol. I: [T.p.] - Preface - Introduction, Being A General Description Of The Seven Norman Cathedrals - List Of The Alien Priories In The First Volume - [Text, with pl.] - Appendix - Addenda - Index Of Places. - Vol. II: [T.p.] - List Of Alien Priories In The Second Volume - Contents Of Appendix - Add to p. 59 - [Text, with pl.] - Addenda - Appendix - Index Of Places - [Additions and Corrections] - Books On Antiquarian Subjects, Printed For, And Sold By, J. Nichols.
508 # # $a The Preface is signed 'J.N.', i.e. John Nichols. The text is based on manuscripts of John Warburton and A.C. Ducarel.

The first plate (map of Normandy) is signed as engraved by T. Bowen; all others are signed as engraved by B.T. Pouncy.

Each carries the publisher's imprint of J. Nichols and the date March 1 1779 (the first plate of the second volume carries additionally the date 1778 after Pouncy's signature).
510 4 # $a ESTC $c T74614
520 2 # $a The work is essentially a contribution to the history of land-ownership in Britain; but the nine plates show some churches in Normandy.

The plates are captioned and show: (Volume I) map of Normandy and views of Rouen cathedral, Bec abbey, St Stephen's abbey in Caen, Holy Trinity abbey in Caen, Mont St. Michel; (Volume II) views of the cathedrals of Coutances, Evreux and Bayeux.
533 # # $n A microfilm version was published in 1990 (Woodbridge CT: Research Publications).
561 # # $a Acquired between 1779 and 1802. Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.
563 # # $a 19th-century red morocco spines, red cloth-covered boards; spines lettered 'Alien Priories I. (II.) R.A.'
610 2 4 $a Catholic Church
653 # # $a Priories - Churches - Cathedrals - Church lands - Great Britain - France - Normandy - History - Maps
655 # 4 $a Views - 18th century
655 # 4 $a Pictorial works - 18th century
700 1 # $a Warburton, John
700 1 # $a Ducarel, Andrew Coltee
700 1 # $a Nichols, John $e printer $e publisher
700 1 # $a Conant, Nathaniel $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Payne, Henry $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Pouncy, Benjamin Thomas $e engraver
700 1 # $a Bowen, Thomas $e engraver
852 8 # $d 1802: C-1-07; 1821: E-1-01.