Page View
Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652; Charleton, Walter, 1619-1707; Webb, John, 1611-1672 / The most notable antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng, on Salisbury Plain, restored, by Inigo Jones ... To which are added, the Chorea gigantum, or Stone-Heng restored to the Danes, by Doctor Charleton; and Mr. Webb’s Vindication of Stone-Heng restored, in answer to Dr. Charleton’s reflections; with observations upon the orders and rules of architecture in use among the ancient Romans. Before the whole are prefixed, certain memoirs relating to the life of Inigo Jones; with his effigies, engrav’d by Hollar; as also Dr. Charleton’s, by P. Lombart; and four new views of Stone-Heng, in its present situation: with above twenty other copper-plates, and a compleat index to the entire collection
(1725)
[Dedication] To the King's most excellent majesty
TO THE
KIN G's
Molt Excellent Majefty.
0 UR Majefty's Curiofity to fur-
vey the Subjed of this Difcourfe,
the fo much admired Antiquity of
STONE-HENG, hath fometime
been fo great and urgent, as to find
a Room in Tour Royal Breaft, amidfi Tour weigh-
tiefl Cares; and to carry Tou many Miles out of
Tour Way toward Safety, even at fuch a Time,
when any Heart but Tour Fearlefs and Invincible
one, would have been wholly fil'd with Appre-
,henfions of Danger. For, as I have had the
Honour to hear from that Oracle of Truth and
Wifdom, Your Majefty's own llouth, You were
pleajed to vifit that Monument, and, for many
A Hours
Top of Page
Based on the date of publication, this material is presumed to be in the public domain.| For information on re-use see: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/Copyright