Lot 99
Oxford.- Ackermann (Rudolph) A History of the University of Oxford, 2 vol., first edition, large paper copy, 1814.
Hammer Price: £3,200
Description
Oxford.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Oxford, 2 vol., first edition, large paper copies, engraved portrait of the Chancellor Lord Grenville (laid down and foxed), 81 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, without the 33 hand-coloured portraits of the Founders (as usual with early issues), plates bright and clean but offset, light finger-soiling marks to vol.2 half-title, very occasional spotting, contemporary red crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, panelled in gilt, wide inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., others uncut, rebacked and neatly recornered, spines gilt in compartments, some rubbing or chipping to extremities but overall handsome copies, [Abbey, Scenery 280; Tooley 5], 4to, 1814.
⁂ A very attractive set of one of the finest illustrated works on Oxford.
Plates 1, 15, 39, 50, 78, 84, and 94 in first state, plate 74 in second state with overslips.
Description
Oxford.- Ackermann (Rudolph, publisher) A History of the University of Oxford, 2 vol., first edition, large paper copies, engraved portrait of the Chancellor Lord Grenville (laid down and foxed), 81 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, without the 33 hand-coloured portraits of the Founders (as usual with early issues), plates bright and clean but offset, light finger-soiling marks to vol.2 half-title, very occasional spotting, contemporary red crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf, panelled in gilt, wide inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., others uncut, rebacked and neatly recornered, spines gilt in compartments, some rubbing or chipping to extremities but overall handsome copies, [Abbey, Scenery 280; Tooley 5], 4to, 1814.
⁂ A very attractive set of one of the finest illustrated works on Oxford.
Plates 1, 15, 39, 50, 78, 84, and 94 in first state, plate 74 in second state with overslips.
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