Monasticon anglicanum, sive, Pandectae coenobiorum Benedictinorum, Cluniacensium, Cisterciensium, Carthusianorum a primordiis ad eorum usque dissolutionem
Subtitle: ex mss. codd. ad monasteria olim pertinentibus, archivis ... bibliothecis ... digesti
By: per Rogerum Dodsworth, Eborac. [et] Gulielmum Dugdale, Warwic
Contributors: Dodsworth, Roger, 1585-1654; Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677; King, Daniel, -1664?; Vaughan, Robert, active 17th century; Newcourt, Richard, -1679; Johnson, Thomas, active 1651-1685; Mascall, Edward, active 1650; Rawlinson, Richard, 17th cent; Hall, Richard, active 1670; Hodgkinson, Richard, active 1624-1668; Warren, Alice, -1665; Newcomb, Thomas, -1681 or 1682
Publisher: Typis Richardi Hodgkinsonne
Published: 1655
Place of publication: Londini
Language: lat
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Abbeys; Church buildings; Monasteries
Other titles: Pandectae coenobiorum Benedictinorum, Cluniacensium, Cisterciensium, Carthusianorum; Monastici Anglicani.
Notes: Vol. 2 has title & imprint: Monastici Anglicani volumen alterum, de canonicis regularibus Augustinianis, scilicet Hospitalariis, Templariis, Gilbertinis, Praemonstratensibus, & Maturinis sive Trinitarianis. Cum appendice ad volumen primum de coenobiis aliquot Gallicanis, Hibernicis, & Scoticis: necnon quibusdam Anglicanis antea omissis... Londini, Typis Aliciae Warren, anno Domini MDCLXI [1661].

Vol. 3 has title and imprint: Monastici Anglicani, volumen tertium et ultimum: Additamenta quaedam in volumen primum, ac volumen secundum, jampridem edita: necnon fundationes, sive dotationes diversarum ecclesiarum cathedralium ac collegiatarum continens..., hic congesta per Will. Dugdale... Savoy [London] : Excudebat Tho. Newcomb, & prostant venales Ab. Roper, Joh. Martin, & Hen. Herringman..., MDCLXXIII [1673].

Plates are etchings (some with engraving) by Wenceslaus Hollar, Daniel King & Robert Vaughan, in part after Richard Newcourt, Thomas Johnson, Edward Mascall, Richard Ralinson & Richard Hall. Some plates folded, some double page. Occasional in-text woodcut ill. Head- and tail-pieces, initials.

Includes indexes and errata at end of each vol.

Wing D2484, D2486, D2486B

ESTC (RLIN) R211977, R211980

Bound in 5 v.: 19th-century diced calfskin, tooled in gilt & blind. Green satin place markers. Edges marbled. Spine labels: Tom. I, Pars I & 2; Tom. II, Pars I & 2; Tom. III. Tom. III rebacked, preserving original backstrip.

Each vol. has armorial bookplate of Joseph Neeld, and above it the armorial bookplate of John Roland Abbey, dated 1933. T.p.'s of v. 2 & 3 signed: Jn.o Claxton; cf. John Claxton, antiquary, mentioned 1790 (World biographical index).