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<dl><dd>"Originally written for, and presented to the Royal Irish Academy, as an Essay on the origin and uses of the round towers of Ireland ... In its present form, the work contains not only the original Essay on the round towers, very much enlarged, but also distinct essays on our ancient stone churches and other ecclesiastical buildings of cotemporaneous age with the round towers."--Pref</dd>
<dd>The first edition of this work was published as volume 20 of the Royal Irish Academy</dd>
<dd>A projected second, or supplementary, volume was never published</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Church architecture; Round towers</div>
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Petrie, George, 1789-1866</div>
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