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DA142
.W66 1747
Wood, John,
1704-1754.
Choir gaure, vulgarly called Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain :
described, restored, and explained, in a letter to the Right Honourable Edward late Earl of Oxford, and Earl Mortimer /
by John Wood ...
Oxford :
Printed at the Theatre ..., and sold by C. Hitch in Pater-Noster-Row ; and S. Birt in Ave-Mary-Lane, London ; by J. Leake in Bath ; and by B. Collins in Salisbury,
1747.
119 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) :
ill., 5 plans ;
22 cm.
Plates by Bernard Baron after William Hoare and John Wood.
Colvin, p. 910: "The work on Stonehenge was based on a survey which Wood had made for Lord Oxford in 1740. Its object was to demonstrate that the Wiltshire monument was 'a temple of the British Druids,' and that the stone circles at Stanton Drew were its prototype."
Colvin, H. Biographical dictionary of British architects,
p. 910
Hitch, C.
Printer.
Birt, S.
Printer.
Leake, J.
Printer.
Collins, B.
Printer.
Chron.
1747.
Engraving
Specimens
1747.
Stonehenge (England)
Description and travel.
England
Antiquities.
Oxford (England)
Imprints
Specimens
1747.
Bath (England
Imprints
Specimens
1747.
Salisbury (England)
Imprints
Specimens
1747.
Hoare, William,
1707-1792,
ill.
Wood, John,
1704-1754,
ill.
Baron, Bernard,
1696-1762,
engraver.
Choir gaure.
AC031297
700 sml,dbm 3/91