![[Merton College] The Oxford Almanack For the Year of Our Lord God MDCCXXXVII.](jpegs/43929.jpg)
[Merton College] The Oxford Almanack For the Year of Our Lord God MDCCXXXVII.
G Vertue sculp.
[1736]
Etching with engraving, sheet 490 x 440mm (19¼ x 17¼"). Glued to backing sheet; trimmed; fold on left.
A view of Merton College with a group of benefactors in the foreground, including Walter de Merton (d.1277) in the centre and to his left William Rede (d.1385), Bishop of Chichester and builder of the college library. The engraver and antiquary George Vertue (1684-1756) succeeded Michael Burghers as engraver to Oxford University in 1727, a post which included the responsibility of engraving almanacks such as this.
Alexander 752
[Ref: 43929] £240.00
[1736]
Etching with engraving, sheet 490 x 440mm (19¼ x 17¼"). Glued to backing sheet; trimmed; fold on left.
A view of Merton College with a group of benefactors in the foreground, including Walter de Merton (d.1277) in the centre and to his left William Rede (d.1385), Bishop of Chichester and builder of the college library. The engraver and antiquary George Vertue (1684-1756) succeeded Michael Burghers as engraver to Oxford University in 1727, a post which included the responsibility of engraving almanacks such as this.
Alexander 752
[Ref: 43929] £240.00