Sale 22BP02 | Lot 111

[COLOR PLATE] [ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH, publisher. A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings...

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[COLOR PLATE] [ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH, publisher. A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings...

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Lot 111
[COLOR PLATE] [ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH, publisher. A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings...
London: printer for R. Ackermann, 1814. First edition, regular paper issue. Old three-quarters morocco, cloth sides, all edges red. 13 1/4 x 11 inches (33.5 x 28 cm); xxvi, 275, [1] pp., including subscriber list; [2], 262 pp.; with the engraved portrait of Lord Grenville and 81 hand-colored plates, comprising 64 aquatint views by Bluck, Stadler, Hill & others after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall & others and 17 stipple-engraved plates of academic costumes (this copy without the Founder Portraits found in some copies). The plates are mostly in later state. Bindings rubbed, a bit soiled and faded, front joint of the second volume defective, plates offset to text but the plates themselves generally very attractive.

Abbey Scenery 280; Tooley 5.


C The Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Collection

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold for $945 (includes buyer's premium)

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