A description of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire : illustrated by views, drawn and engraved (1812)
Storer, James, 1771-1853 · London : Published by W. Clarke, J. Carpenter, W. Miller, C. Chappel, White and Cochrane, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Brodie and Co., and J. Storer : Coe, printer · leaf 35
tors.Here is also a design for the tower once intended to beerected upon the Beacon, the foundation and progressof which have been already mentioned. A passage now leads to Mr. Beckfords bed-chamber : this room has two closets filled with cu-rious specimens of carvings in ivory, and other… … 13 to the upper library, or gallery, which is vaulted byan obtuse arch. At the north end of this gallery is asquare room that looks through a tribune into the greatoctagon; there are two of these beautiful openings op-posite each other : the room of the south tribune con-tains precious cabinets and…
Fonthill Abbey · Abbeys
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