Main entry:

Fowler, William, 1761-1832.

Title & Author:

Engravings of the principal mosaic pavements which have been discovered in the course of the last and present centuries : in various parts of Great-Britain. Also, engravings of several subjects in stained glass, in the windows in the cathedrals of York, Lincoln, &c. &c. The whole executed on twenty-seven plates, and each impression accurately coloured, after the original subject of the respective plate / by William Fowler.

Publication:

Winterton, Lincolnshire : William Fowler, [1796-1818]

Description:

27 unnumbered leaves (some folded), 3 unnumbered pages : color illustrations (engravings) ; 67 cm

Notes:
Title from advertisement dated 1804, with list of engravings and subscribers, mounted on front paste-down endpaper.
The plates, dated 1796-1818, are hand-coloured and mounted.
Engraved dedication to Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, mounted at beginning of volume.
The CCA copy includes none of the stained glass plates mentioned in the list of engravings, but includes instead some of the plates from later series and includes 3 pages titled "An engraving of Archbishop Bowet's shrine, which separates the Chapels of Our Lady, and of All Saints, in the Metropolitan and Cathedral Church of St. Peter, at York", by William Fowler.
Hardie, Martin. English coloured books, pages 13-14
Lowndes, W.T. Bibliographer’s manual of English literature (revised edition), volume 2, page 827.

Subject:

Aston Hall (England)
Pavements, Mosaic.
Pavements de mosaïque.
England

Form/genre:

subscription lists.
Listes d'abonnements.

Added entries:

Engraving of Archbishop Bowet's shrine, which separates the Chapels of Our Lady, and of All Saints, in the Metropolitan and Cathedral Church of St. Peter, at York.

Mosaic pavements

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 185719
Call No.: W6121
Status: Available