FA/4/1668

FA/4/1668

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The State and the Defects of the Cathedral Church as Described and Enumerated by Christopher Wren,1668

31 Aug 1668

1 volume

Christopher Wren's report on the state of the Fabric, which has been bound into a hardback volume. The full title is 'The State [and] the Defects of [the] Cathedral Church as described and enumerated by Christopher Wren Aug[ust] 31 1668. It begins, 'the State of [the] Cathedral Church of St Mary Sarum represented [and] [the] particular Defects enumerated by [the] most ingenious [and] worthy Dr Christopher Wren Aug[ust] 21 1668. Since, His Maties Surveyor Gen[eral].' The reverse is marked 'Dr [Christopher] Wren his stating of [the] condition of [the] Cath[edral] Ch[urch] of Sar[um]. A note on the document reads, 'this was given me by W[illiam] Dodsworth - some months before I was chosen Clerk of the Works to the Cathedral.' Inserted in the volume is the 'Salisbury Cathedral copy of the report of Sir Christopher Wren 1669', which is 13 pp. and includes an introduction to the Cathedral. It is undated, but not contemporary with the document from which it is copied. The original report was previously catalogued under the Cathedral Library, in a 'list of manuscripts now in the Library which are not included in the 1880 catalogue. It was titled 'Christopher Wren's Survey of the Spire.'

English

Material: paper, board Binding: boards

Wren, Sir, Christopher