A supplement to the second edition of Mr. Bentham's History & antiquities of the cathedral & conventual church of Ely : comprising enlarged accounts of the monastery, lady chapel, Prior Crawden's chapel, the palaces and other buildings connected with the See and the church : with lists of the chancellors, vicars general, officials, commissaries, chief justices of the Isle of Ely, &c. : also, notes, architectural, biographical, historical and explanatory

Stevenson, William, 1741-1821, Bentham, James, 1708-1794. History and antiquities of the conventual & cathedral church of Ely, Howlett, Bartholomew, 1767-1827, engraver, Harris, John, active 1680-1740, engraver, Hollis, George, 1793-1842, engraver, Stevenson, Matchett and Stevenson, publisher, Cadell & Davies, bookseller · 1817 · Norwich: : Printed by and for Stevenson, Matchett, and Stevenson; and sold by them; also by Messrs. Cadell and Davies; Longman, Hurst, and Co.; Nichols, Son, and Bentley; Scatcherd and Letterman; and Taylor, 59 High Holborn, London. Messrs. Deightons, Cambridge; Parker, and Bliss, Oxford; Todds, York; and Edwards, Ely · 16 pictures

An 1817 antiquarian supplement by William Stevenson to James Bentham's history of Ely Cathedral, printed at Norwich for subscribers among clergy, antiquaries and county gentry, with plates engraved by Bartholomew Howlett and older plates by John Harris. The engravings give exterior views of the cathedral, bishop's palace, Prior Crawden's chapel and monastic remains in fine line and stipple, with cloud-filled skies, small staffage figures, engraved dedication inscriptions and heraldic shields useful as architectural line art or title-plate models.

Ely Cathedral · Ely Monastery · Church of England. Diocese of Ely · Cathedrals · Architecture, Gothic · Church architecture

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