Parentalia, or, Memoirs of the family of the Wrens : viz. of Mathew bishop of Ely, Christopher dean of Windsor, &c. but chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren, late Surveyor-General of the royal buildings, president of the Royal Society, &c. &c. : in which is contained, besides his works, a great number of original papers and records on religion, politicks, anatomy, mathematicks, architecture, antiquities and most branches of polite literature (1750)

Wren, Christopher, 1675-1747, Wren, Christopher, 1675-1747, Wren, Stephen, Ames, Joseph, 1689-1759, Coignard, S, Faber, John, 1695?-1756, Flitcroft, Henry, 1697-1769, Mynde, James, 1702-1771, Pine, John, 1690-1756, Thorowgood, Edward, Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776, Osborne, Thomas, -1767, Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764 · London : Printed for T. Osborn, in Gray's Inn, and R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall · leaf 15

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