English Mural Monuments and Tombstones

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Excerpt from English Mural Monuments and Tombstones: A Collection of Eight-Four Photographs of Wall Tablets Table Tombs and Headstones of the 17th and 18th Centuries When I was invited by Mr. Herbert Batsford to put a preface to his delightful collection of mural tablets and memorial slabs and to arrange them for publication, I accepted with the sure anticipation of a pleasurable task, and although individual bias is a notorious stumbling block to wide agreement where the value of collected examples of any art or craft is concerned, yet I am sure that few architects or artists will hesitate to endorse my appreciation of the taste and skill which have combined to produce the present selection. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.