Plans elevations sections, and views of the Church of Batalha, in the Province of Estremadura in Portugal, with the History and description by Fr. Luis de Sousa; with remarks. To which is prefixed an Introductory Discourse on the Principles of Gothic Architecture by James Murphy Arch.t Illustrated with 27 Plates
London, I. & J. Taylor, 1795
A finely-bound copy of the architect James Cavanah Murphy’s measured plans of the Dominican Church and Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória, founded in 1388 by John I of Portugal in thanksgiving for his victory in the battle of Aljubarrota (and thereafter known as “Batalha”, the Portuguese word for battle). It was the first volume illustrative of medieval antiquities comparable in standard to the great volumes on classical antiquities published earlier in the century and had widespread influence, not only in England, but also in Germany.