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Excerpt from The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Wells: Including Biographical Notices and Anecdotes of the Bishops of the See of Bath and Wells
As little work is offered to the Public with a view to supply that which the Publisher has found very frequently inquired for - a full, cheap, and portable Guide to the History and Antiquities of this venerable Fabric; and it is hoped this desideratum is here ac complished. It is a reprint of Mr. Britton's 4to work, corrected by him and continued to the present time; and his valuable references to ancient and modern authorities are here carefully preserved, together with the Chronological Tables of the Bishops and Deans, the Catalogue of their published Portraits, and the List of Books, Essays, and Prints heretofore published relating to the Cathedral. The judicious restoration of much of the West Front, the Nave, and Lady Chapel, which is about to be extended to the Choir,' will assuredly induce numberless admirers of this magnificent structure to visit its sacred precincts; and should this attempt to direct the attention of the reader to the.
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