Main entry:

Davies, John, 1625-1693.

Title & Author:

The antiquities of the abbey or cathedral church of Durham. Also a particular description of the county palatine of Durham, compiled from the best authorities and original manuscripts. To which is added, the succession of the bishops, deans, archdeacons, and prebends: the biship's courts, and his officers: and the castles and mansion-houses of the nobility and gentry: with other particulars.

Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, Printed by J. White & T. Saint, for P. Sanderson, 1767.

Description:

1 preliminary leaf, iii pages, 1 leaf, 141, 147 pages frontispiece 18 cm

Notes:
Dedication signed: Pat. Sanderson.
A reprint, with additions, of John Davies' "The ancient rites, and monuments of the monastical, & cathedral church of Durham," a work based on an anonymous manuscript of 1593, and published in 1672. Davies' original work was published with considerable changes by Christopher Hunter, in 1733, under title, "Durham Cathedral, as it was before the dissolution of the monastry," and this edition was subsequently re-issued as the 2d edition under title, "The history of the cathedral church of Durham." The present reprint of Hunter's edition, with additions by Patrick Sanderson, includes "A particular description of the bishoprick, or county palatine, of Durham" (p. 1-135 at end) from Magna Britannia antiqua et nova, by Thomas Cox and Anthony Hall. cf. Surtees Society. Publications, v. 107, 1902, p. [ix]-xviii

Subject:

Durham Cathedral.
Travel
Durham (England : County) Description and travel.
Durham (Angleterre : Comté) Descriptions et voyages.
England Durham (County)

Form/genre:

Bookseller's advertisements Great Britain 18th century.
Booksellers' advertisements Great Britain 18th century.

Added entries:

Sanderson, Patrick.
Cox, Thomas, 1655?-1734.
Hall, Anthony, 1679-1723.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y 110810
Call No.: IDY; ID:86-B22395
Status: Available