Willis, R.; Petit, J. L.; Sharpe, Edmund. The Architectural History of Chichester Cathedral. Of Boxgrove Priory. And of Shorham Collegiate Church. Chichester: William Hayle Mason, 1861. [12493]
Russet blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles to spine, edge-worn and a bit shaken; top of backstrip with 3 inch separation on bottom side. 13 x 10 inches; top page edges gilt. Contents generally clean and unmarked; private bookplate. Each section numbered separately, with many lithograph plates, some in color, and woodcuts in the texts. See list below. Good. Hardcover.
The Chichester Cathedral title continues: By the Rev R. Willis, M.A., F.R.S., &c., &c., Jacksonian Professor of the University of Cambridge. Read before the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, at their Annual Meeting at Chichester, July 13th, 1853. With an Introductory Essay on the Fall of the Tower and Spire. xxiv, 39, [1] text pages; 10 lithographs, 3 of which are in colors; 3 woodcuts.
The Boxgrove Priory title is: The Architectural History of Boxgrove Priory. By the Rev. J. L. Petit, M.A., F.S.A.. Read before the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, at their Annual Meeting at Chichester, July 13th, 1853. With some Historical Remarks and Conjectures on the Priory and Church of Boxgrove, by the Rev. W. Turner, Vicar. 49 pp. of text; one lithograph in colors; one plate with two engravings; and 12 woodcuts.
The Shorham Collegiate Church title is: The Architectural History of S. Mary's Church, New Shoreham. By Edmund Sharpe, M.A., F.R.I.B.A. Read before the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, at their Annual Meeting at Chichester, July 16th, 1853. 47 pp. of text; 9 lithographs, one in colors, one double.
The last section is Supplemental Sketch of the Collective Architectural History of Chichester Cathedral, Boxgrove Priory, and S. Mary's Church New Shoreham as indicated by their Mouldings. By Edmund Sharpe, M.A., F.R.I.B.A. 32 pp. of text with 62 woodcuts in the text.
The bookplate belonged to Charles Grant Ellis (1920-2006), b. Sagamore, Massachusetts; d. Punta Gorda, Florida. He was a collector of antique rugs, wrote several books on the subject, and owned one of the finest collections in the United States. During WWII he served in the Army 700th Corp of Engineers working on the Burma Road. After the war he completed his degree in Civil Engineering, and became an avid collector of antique books on architecture.
