An historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments and curiosities. Containing 1. An account of its Foundation and Consecration. 2. The various changes it has undergone. 3. A general view of all the Monuments erected therein; with an abstract of their Inscriptions. 4. Copies of the best English Epitaphs, and translations of the Latin. 5. Characters, Anecdotes, and Memoirs of the lives of the Kings, &c. interred in the Abbey. 6. Observations on the beauty and propriety of the respective Monuments. 7. A particular description of Henry the Viith's Chapel, with its Ornaments. 8. A general view of the Cloisters; with copies of several inscriptions there. 9. Translations of the Hebrew, Ethiopic, and Greek Epitaphs on the Tombs of Sir Samuel Moreland's two Wives, never before attempted. Designed Chiefly as a Guide to Strangers.

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M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]