ESSAYS

ON

GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE,

BY THE

REV. T. WARTON,
REV. J. BENTHAM,
CAPTAIN GROSE,

AND THE

REV. J. MILNER.

(WITH A LETTER TO THE PUBLISHER)

ILLUSTRATED WITH

TWELVE PLATES OF ORNAMENTS, &c,

SELECTED FROM

Ancient Buildings;

CALCULATED

To exhibit the various Styles of different Periods.

THE SECOND EDITION.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

A LIST OF THE CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND, WITH THEIR
DIMENSIONS: ALSO TWO NEW PLATES.

-Et nos aliquod nomenque decufque

Geffimus-

VIRGIL. En. lib. ii.

LONDON:

Printed by S. GOSNELL, Little Queen Street, Holborn,

FOR J. TAYLOR, AT THE ARCHITECTURAL LIBRARY,

HIGH HOLBORN.

LIBRARY

ADVERTISEMENT

TO THE

SECOND EDITION.

PUBLIC approbation having rendered a Second Edition of these Effays neceffary, the opportu nity has been embraced of rendering the volume further interesting and ufeful, by the addition of two new plates, and the dimenfions of all the Cathedrals in England. Of the plates, one is an interior view of Durham cathedral, from a drawing by Mr. Turner; the other, of Weftminster Abbey, from a drawing by Mr. Barrow. The points of view here shown are intended to exhibit the difference of character and effect, of