Lot 238
Oxford.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Oxford, 2 vol., first edition, complete with Founders plates, 1814.
Hammer Price: £1,800
Description
Oxford.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Oxford, 2 vol., first edition, list of subscriber's, engraved portrait of the Chancellor Lord Grenville, 114 hand-coloured plates comprising 64 aquatint views by Buck, Stadler, Hill & others after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall & others and 17 stipple-engraved plates of academic costumes and with the 33 portraits of the Founders (often lacking), vol. 2 half-title with short tears at gutter and expert repairs, occasional off-setting, handsome contemporary black straight grain morocco, expertly rebacked retaining original backstrips, gilt doublet filet, edges with broad gilt roll and narrow blind roll, large gilt diamond with floral corners and blind triangles with floral corners, 5 raised spine bands, richly gilt spines, [Abbey Scenery 280; Tooley 5], large 4to, 1814.
Description
Oxford.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Oxford, 2 vol., first edition, list of subscriber's, engraved portrait of the Chancellor Lord Grenville, 114 hand-coloured plates comprising 64 aquatint views by Buck, Stadler, Hill & others after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall & others and 17 stipple-engraved plates of academic costumes and with the 33 portraits of the Founders (often lacking), vol. 2 half-title with short tears at gutter and expert repairs, occasional off-setting, handsome contemporary black straight grain morocco, expertly rebacked retaining original backstrips, gilt doublet filet, edges with broad gilt roll and narrow blind roll, large gilt diamond with floral corners and blind triangles with floral corners, 5 raised spine bands, richly gilt spines, [Abbey Scenery 280; Tooley 5], large 4to, 1814.