[Portraits of the founders of the colleges of Oxford & Cambridge.]
London. Pub.d for Ackermann's History of Cambridge [& Oxford] [n.d., c.1815].
Folio, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, all edges gilt; 49 aquatints with etching, all in superb original hand colour, interleaved with tissue. A few plates on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1812'. Binding worn, some prints offet on guards but plates unusually clean.
A complete and matching set of the founder's portraits from the 'History of the University of Cambridge' (16 plates) and 'History of the University of Oxford' (33), published 1814 & 1815. Very unusual to find both universities bound together. None of the plates are dated, as usual.
See Abbey Scenery 79 & 278 for the complete Histories.
[Ref: 60845] £750.00
Folio, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, all edges gilt; 49 aquatints with etching, all in superb original hand colour, interleaved with tissue. A few plates on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1812'. Binding worn, some prints offet on guards but plates unusually clean.
A complete and matching set of the founder's portraits from the 'History of the University of Cambridge' (16 plates) and 'History of the University of Oxford' (33), published 1814 & 1815. Very unusual to find both universities bound together. None of the plates are dated, as usual.
See Abbey Scenery 79 & 278 for the complete Histories.
[Ref: 60845] £750.00