Parentalia, or, Memoirs of the family of the Wrens : viz. of Mathew bishop of Ely, Christopher dean of Windsor, &c. but chiefly of Sir Christopher Wren, late Surveyor-General of the royal buildings, president of the Royal Society, &c. &c. : in which is contained, besides his works, a great number of original papers and records on religion, politicks, anatomy, mathematicks, architecture, antiquities and most branches of polite literature.Facsimile reproduction of 1750 copy in the possession of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Lavishly illustrated with black & white plates, many of them fold-out.