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003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Wickes
245 1 0 $a Illustrations Of The Spires And Towers Of The Mediaeval Churches of England; Preceded By Some Observations On The Architecture Of The Middle Ages, And Its Spire-Growth. By Charles Wickes, Architect. [Epigraph.] In Two Volumes. - Vol. I. Spires. (II. Towers.) (Supplemental Volume.)
260 # # $a London: $b John Weale, Architectural Library, 59, High Holborn; And Ackermann & Co., Print Publishers, 96, Strand, By Appointment, To Her Majesty The Queen, H.R.H. Prince Albert, Etc. $c M.DCCC.LIII.-IV. [- M.DCCC.LVIII - LIX.] $c [1853 / 1854 - 1858 / 1859]
300 # # $a 3 vols. in one; $c 558 mm.
500 # # $a Vol. I: [2], ii, [4], 12 p., 26 pl. (incl. frontis.). - Vol. II: [4], 18 p., 26 pl. (incl. frontis.). - Vol. III: [6] p., 20 pl. (incl. frontis.).
505 0 # $a Vol. I: [Frontis., t.p.] - Preface - List of Plates and Subjects - Chronological List of Subjects - [Text]; [colophon] - [Plates 2-26]. - Vol. II: [Frontis., t.p.] - List of Plates and Subjects - [Text] - [Plates 2-26]. - Vol. III: [Frontis., t.p.] - List of Plates and Subjects. Spires. (Towers.) - [Plates 2-20].
508 # # $a The text of Volume II is signed as by E.A. Freeman.

All plates are signed as drawn by Charles Wickes. Most are also signed as lithographed by A. Newman, W. Butler or F. Bedford, but no lithographer's signature appears on plates 9, 17, 23-5 of Volume II.

Each plate carries the imprint of the lithographic printers, Day & Son.

The printer is named on the title-page versos of Volumes I and II and in the colophon of Volume I: 'London: Printed By J. Wertheimer And Co., Circus Place, Finsbury.'
510 0 # $a On Ackermann as lithographic printer see M. Twyman, Rudolf Ackermann and lithography (1983).
520 2 # $a Each title-plate carries a slightly different imprint, Vol. II. reading 'London: William Mort Thompson, 32, Sackville Street. And Ackermann ... M.DCCC.LIV-V.', and Vol. III reading 'London: Thompson And Co., 111, Strand, M.DCCC.LVIII-LIX.'
533 # # $n A version on microfiche was published in 1997 (Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey).
563 # # $a 19th-century half green morocco, marbled-papered boards; spine lettered 'Wickes - Spires And Towers Of England' and 'R.A.'
653 # # $a Architecture - Churches - Cathedrals - Spires - Towers - Great Britain - History - Gothic
655 # 0 $a Art history - Views - Elevations - Great Britain - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Lithographs - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Freeman
700 1 # $a Wickes $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Newman $e lithographer
700 1 # $a Butler $e lithographer
700 1 # $a Bedford $e lithographer
700 1 # $a Weale $e publisher
700 1 # $a Thompson $e publisher
700 1 # $a Wertheimer $e printer
710 2 # $a Day and Son $e lithographic printer
710 2 # $a Ackermann and Company (London)
710 2 # $a Thompson and Company $e publisher
710 2 # $a J. Wertheimer and Company (London) $e printer