Transcripts of epitaphs and descriptions of monuments in Rome

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Two duodecimo notebooks containing transcripts of epitaphs and descriptions of monuments erected in Rome to Englishmen and women buried there; compiled by Sir William Lawson, 1st Bt., in 1844 (note, 12 March 1888, by his son on the cover of the second notebook). (1) Notebook containing fair copies of inscriptions;- (2) Notebook containing first or rough copies and miscellaneous notes; and (pp. 52-79, 83) a series of epitaphs of alumni of the English College in the church of the Holy Trinity, extant in 1785 and arranged by John Kirk, one of the alumni.

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