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Hooker, written in 1584; reprinted in vol. II. of Holingshed's Chronicle, and afterwards with other Pieces by the same Author in 4to. under the title of The antiquated Description and Account of the City of Exeter: in three Parts, &c.

Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter; giving an Account of the Laws and Customs of the Place, &c. by Richard Izacke, 8vo. 1677, and 1681, reprinted in 1731, 1734, and 1741. Some of these were edited by his son, Samuel Izacke, Esq. who also published an Alphabetical Register of Persons who, by Will, &c. gave Money or Tenements, &c. for the Relief of the Poor, &c. London, 8vo. 1736.

An Historical Account, with several Prints, of Exeter Cathedral, published by the Society of Antiquaries, in large folio. The Historical Part by Dear. Lyttleton and Sir Henry Englefield, Bart.; and the Plan, Elevations, and Sections from Drawings by Mr. J. Carter.

A Topographical Survey of the Counties of Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, aud Cornwall. By W. Tunnicliffe, Land Surveyor. 1791.

The following Numbers of the Philosophical Transactions contain Papers relative to this County: No. 23, Account of a Loadstone fifty pounds weight, moving a Needle at nine feet distance. No. 69, Observations on the Mines. No. 204, Oliver's Observations on the Lay Well near Brixham. No. 424, Atwell's Account of the same. No. 316, Dr. Bury's Method of manuring Land with Sea Sand. No. 474, Dr. Huxham's Description of a fine Stalactite, found at Catdown, near Plymouth. In vol. LI. is Dean Miles's Description of the Bovey Coal. In vol. LXIV. is Mr. Walsh's Account of the broad Marine Torpedo, found in Torbay.

Much miscellaneous information concerning this county is contained in the following works:

Marshall's Rural Economy of the West of England, 2 vols. 8vo.

Shaw's Tour through the Western Counties, 8vo.

Maton's Observations on the Western Counties, 2 vols. 8vo.

Warner's Walk into the Western Counties, 8vo. Gilpin's Observations on the Western Parts of England, 8vo.

An Essay towards a History of Bideford. By John Watkins, 8vo. 1792.

A Survey of the Diocese of Exeter, with a List of the Parish Churches, &c. 4to. 1782.

A Review of part of Risdon's Survey of Devon: containing the general Description of the County; with Corrections, Annotations, and Additions, 1 vol. 4to. 1785.

A New Edition of Risdon's Survey, with Additions,

1811.

A New Guide to the five Watering Places, Teignmouth, &c. 1817.

A Walk round Mount Edgcumbe, with Alterations and Additions. Plymouth-Dock, 1817.

A View of Plymouth-Dock, Plymouth, and the Adjacent Country. Being a Description of every object in the vicinity that can interest the Stranger, or the Tourist. Plymouth-Dock, 1812.

A Succinct Account of the Lime Rocks of Plymouth. Being the substance of several communications read before the members of the Geological Society in London, and partly printed in their Transactions. With ten Lithographic plates of some of the most remarkable of the Animal Remains found in them. By the Rev. Richard Hennah, Chaplain to the Garrison of Plymouth.

The Panorama of Plymouth; or, Tourist's Guide to the Principal objects of Interest in the Towns and Vicinity of Plymouth, Dock, and Stonehouse. By Samuel Rowe, Plymouth, 1821.

Views, Maps, Plans, &c.

Plymouth Citadel was engraved by Mosley, from a Drawing by Mace, in 1737; and by Rocque.

In the Archives of the Society of Antiquaries,

among the Drawings given by Bishop Lyttelton, are the South Front of the old Guildhall, and the Saxon Door-Case of the Castle at Exeter; and two Saxon Fonts at Alphington and Stoke-Canon.

Views, by Buck, are, East View of Buckfastré (Buckfastleigh) Abbey. View of Tavistock Abbey. South-West View of Ottery Priory. East View of Buckland Priory. South-East View of Frithelstoke, Priory. East View of Dartington Temple. Two Views of Powderham Castle. South View of BerryPomeroy Castle. South-East View of Dartmouth Castle. Tiverton Castle. And South View of Okehampton Castle.

Exeter Cathedral. Hollar and Vertue engraved small Views of it; and King, the West, North, and South Sides. The great West Window, executed in Stained Glass, by Mr. William Peckitt, of York, was engraved by Pranker, 1769.-Engraved on a smaller Scale by Coffin, in Exon. 1772.

A Ground Plot of Işca Dumnoniorum, in Stukeley's Itinerary, Plates 73, 74. The Doctor makes mention of an old Plan of Exeter, taken in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth.

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