Sir Christopher Wren: His Family and His Times / With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723.

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. 1585 - 1636.

CHAPTER II. 1630 - 1640.

CHAPTER III. 1641 - 1647.

CHAPTER IV. 1646 - 1658.

CHAPTER V. 1659 - 1663.

CHAPTER VI. 1664 - 1667.

CHAPTER VII. 1668 - 1673.

CHAPTER VIII. 1672 - 1677.

CHAPTER IX. 1677 - 1682.

CHAPTER X. 1681 - 1686.

CHAPTER XI. 1687 - 1696.

CHAPTER XII. 1697 - 1699.

CHAPTER XIII. 1700 - 1708.

CHAPTER XIV. 1709 - 1723.

APPENDICES. APPENDIX I.

INDEX.

Title: Sir Christopher Wren

His Family and His Times

Author: Lucy Phillimore

Language: English

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CHRISTOPHER WREN, D.D. DEAN OF WINDSOR.
MATTHEW WREN, D.D. LORD BISHOP OF ELY.
Sr. Chris. Wren Kt

SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN

HIS FAMILY AND HIS TIMES.

WITH ORIGINAL LETTERS AND A DISCOURSE ON
ARCHITECTURE HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED.

1585–1723.

BY

LUCY PHILLIMORE,

AUTHOR OF ‘BISHOP WILBERFORCE, A SKETCH FOR CHILDREN’ ETC.

‘The modest man built the city, and the modest man’s skill was unknown.’—The Tatler, No. 52.

WITH TWO ENGRAVINGS.

colophon

LONDON:
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE.
1881.

(The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved)

TO
CATHERINE PIGOTT,
THE LAST DIRECT DESCENDANT OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN,
THESE MEMOIRS OF HER ANCESTORS
ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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