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Gisburn Lancashire/ Gisburnensis olim coenobii Reliquiarum 1661, Hollar / Single page

Etching with engraving on laid watermarked paper from Monasticon Anglicanum: or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales. Hollar had returned to England in 1652 and begun working for the publisher John Ogilby and the antiquary Sir William Dugdale. Over the next twenty-five years he etched no fewer than 566 plates for them. Sir William Dugdale (1605-1686):English antiquary and friend of Hollar's patron Thomas Howard, second earl of Arundel, Dugdale compiled one of the most significant histories of English religious houses, , Monasticon, Vol. II. (1661),The text was written by Roger Dodsworth (1585-1654)He had spent his life in the study of genealogy and ecclesiastical and monastic history. He was also an indefatigable collector of manuscripts which are now in the Bodleian Library. . £35 2 copies one mended @ 20

Plate 8 Railway Office, Liverpool

from Thomas Talbot Bury COLOURED VIEWS ON THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY, WITH PLATES OF THE COACHES, MACHINES, ETC London published by Ackermann.. 1834 Small folio, 14x12 inches, . dated 1831. Thomas Bury (1811-1877), a pupil of Augustus Pugin, was the artist responsible for the best-known views of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Bury was "an outstanding architectural designer" (Abbey), and his work provides a detailed report of the difficulties overcome during the railways construction. The inspiration for the project was the success of the Stockton to Darlington rail line and the urgent commercial need for faster links between the docks of Liverpool and the factories of Manchester ("goods have been known to make the transit from New York to Liverpool in less time than from the latter town to Manchester"). The route was proposed in 1824 and, under the direction of George Stephenson and with parliament's blessing, the immense work was completed by 1830: the line being opened to the public on the 15th September of that year. Despite the tragic death of the Liverpool member of parliament Mr. Huskisson (the first fatality attributable to the Railways) and huge cost of the work (£ 740,000. by 1830), the railway was an immediate popular and financial success. Speeds in excess of 30 m.p.h. were recorded for the 31 mile journey. £145 inc

Moorish Arch Looking from Tunnel

North aspect of Furness Abbey, Lancashire

Drawn by T Hearne from a sketch by J Farrington; engraved by Thos Hearne & Wm Ellis [From Antiquities of Great Britain] published by W Byrne & T Hearne [London 1771-81] Printed to heavy rag paper mounted and tinted £40

Furness Abbey, west aspect
Drawn by Thos Hearne; engraved by W Byrne & S Middiman[From Antiquities of Great Britain] published by W Byrne & T Hearne [London 1771-81] Size: 27.5 x 23cm Printed to heavy rag paper mounted £40