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THE CHURCHES OF THE MIDDLE AGES; or, Select Specimens of Early and Middle Pointed Structures; with a few of the Purest Late Pointed Examples, illustrated by Geometric and Perspective Drawings. By HENRY BOWMAN and J. S. CROWTHER, Architects, Manchester. To be completed in Twenty Parts, each containing Six Plates, imperial folio. Price 9s., plain; 10s. 6d. tinted; proofs, large paper, 12s. each. Issued at intervals of Two months. Thirteen parts now published.
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GOTHIC ORNAMENTS: being a Series of Examples of Enriched Details and Accessories of the Architecture of Great Britain. Drawn from existing Authorities. By JAMES K. COLLING, Architect. In 2 vols. royal 4to., price 7l. 10s. in appropriate cloth binding, containing 209 plates, nearly 50 of which illustrate the existing finely painted and gilt decorations of the Cathedrals and Churches of the Middle Ages. The work may be also had in numbers, price 3s., or in parts, together or separately.
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