The Antiquities of England and Wales (page 1/6)

Francis Grose, Esq., FAS., The Antiquities of England and Wales, Being a Collection of Views of the Most remarkable Ruins and antient Buildings, Accurately drawn on the spot. To each view is added An Historical Accounf of its Situation, when and by whom built, with every interesting Circumstance relating thereto. Collected from the best authorities.
London, Printed by C. Clarke, for S. Hooper, No. 212 High Holborn, opposite Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Square, M.DCC.LXXXIII [1783]

My copy of Volume I is falling apart, but that at least means I don’t have to worry about damaging the binding when I scan the pictures! I took a photograph of this book open to the title page.

I wish I had more volumes of this series. I recently obtained volume 3, but it came without the maps, unfortunately. The perils of eBay!

I’ve also typed up a short biography of Francis Grose from 1814.

Captain Francis Grose is also known for compiling dictionaries. I have a copy of his Provincial Glossary. He also wrote a dictionary of slang; Project Gutenberg has made a text version of an 1811 version of this (I have a fac simile edition) and I have used this as a starting point, corrected many errors, and put it online as the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Captain Francis Grose.

501x443	Ruins of Lindisfarne Priory The caption reads, History Preserving the Monuments of Antiquity. The side View of Lindisfarne, or Holy Island Monastery, Northumberland. Pub. 25 May 1781 by S. Hooper The image is signed, S. Spurrow sc. [more...] 536x867, 1608x2600
Ornament A printer's ornament from the end of a chapter or section. This one shows a knight's helmet with a sword and arrows. 500x282, 135x76, 270x152, 760x429, 1013x572, 1350x762	Ornament A printer's ornament from the end of a chapter or section. This one shows a lyre or harp together with vine. 499x288, 170x98, 340x196, 714x412, 957x552, 1276x736, 1701x981
Knight and Hermit A knight in armour carrying a shield is on foot, leading his horse. He stands by a tree in front of a church or monastery door. A bearded monk beckons him in, pointing towards the open door. In a niche in the wall we see a statue of the Madonna and child. [...] [more...] 500x375, 800x600, 1024x768, 1600x1200 (wallpaper)	Types of Armour Explanation of the Plate of Armour [more...] 319x500, 653x1025, 3266x5124
Religious Orders A note on page 90 reads: The names of the orders delineated in the annexed plate, follow in the same succession in which the figures stand; beginning with the nun on the left, and reckoning towards the right: the same order is observed with respect to the sitting figures.------A Benedictine nun; a monk of the same order; a Cluniac; a Cistertian and [...]sic); a canon of the Hospital of St John at Coventry; chaplain of the order of St. John of Jerusalem. [more...] 500x394, 1024x807, 1522x1200	Machines of War The entire plate. [more...] 359x500, 719x1002

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