The antient and modern history of the loyal town of Rippon :. (introduc'd by a poem on the surprizing beauties of Studley Park, with a description of the venerable ruins of Fountains-Abbey, written by Mr. Peter Aram; and another on the pleasures of a country life, by a Reverend young gentleman) with particular accounts of three of the northern saints in the seventh century, viz. St. Cuthbert, who lies interr'd in the cathedral at Durham; St. Wilfrid of Rippon; and St. John of Beverley. The famous charters of King Athelstane, and other monarchs (given by them to the church of Rippon) translated: the various times of re-building that minster, since its first foundation: its present happy state; with the arms, monuments and inscriptions, alphabetically digested. An exact list of the wakemen and mayors of the town, to this present year; interspersed with remarkable accidents: the death of several eminent persons: in particular, some of the venerable archbishops of this See, whose tombs are partly describ'd, with proper references to the history of York, for their inscriptions and epitaphs, to which this is very supplemental. Adorned with many cuts, preceded by a South West prospect (and a new plan) of Rippon. Besides are added, travels into other parts of Yorkshire .... faithfully and painfully collected by Tho. Gent, of York. To which is subjoin’d, by the Author of The Country Life, a letter to the Hon. John Aislabie, Esq; ----The Happy Reign; an Eclogue. And a Latin copy of verses, with a translation, on the renowned grotto of Queen Caroline
Thomas Gent (1693-1778)
Category
Books
Date
1733
Materials
Place of origin
York
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Fountains and Studley Royal, North Yorkshire
NT 3236672
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Bibliographic description
xvi, [2], 165, [1], 73, [7]p., plates:. ill.;. 8vo. First gathering misbound. Wants final leaf 10*4 of subscribers [catchword Names] and folded plate. Final leaf 10*3 damaged removing some text. Dedicated to Mr. William Fisher, gardener in chief at Studley.Provenance: title leaf verso inscribed 'John Truslove Sledmere York' (obliterated), late 18th/early 19th century hand. Modern bookseller's pencil note '1st ed. Lacks folding plate + small amount of last pages. Scarce in any form £85 -' Binding: twentieth?-century quarter brown cloth, marbled paper sides; eighteenth-century red spine label gilt-lettered 'Gent's Ripon'
Makers and roles
Thomas Gent (1693-1778), editor Peter Aram (1660-1735), author John Mawer (1702-1763), author