Divinity School.The Oxford Almanack For the Year of our Lord God MDCCCXVI [1816].
Drawn by John Buckler 1804. Engraved by Joseph Skelton.
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp top left margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The interior of the Divinity School, illustrating the very elaborate lierne vaulting designed by William Orchard in the 1480s. The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51428] £180.00
Published by J. Cooke, Oxford & E. Gardner No 7 Paternoster Row, London. Price 5 Shillings & Sixpence.
Engraving. 565 x 485mm (22¼ x 19"), with very large margins, stamp duty ink stamp top left margin. Uncut. Horizontal fold.
The interior of the Divinity School, illustrating the very elaborate lierne vaulting designed by William Orchard in the 1480s. The Oxford Almanack has been published annually since 1674. The stamp duty was payable to the compiler of the almanac, set at 1 shilling and threepence per year covered by Act of Parliament 55 Geo. III c. 185. The same act set the penalty for issuing an unstamped almanac as three months' imprisonment.
[Ref: 51428] £180.00