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ACKERMAN, Rudolph (publisher). A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings. London: for R. Ackermann by L. Harrison and J. C. Leigh, 1814 [plates watermarked 1812].
2 volumes, 4° (360 x 290mm.), half-titles, 6pp. list of subscribers, list of plates, uncoloured portrait of Lord Grenville and 81 coloured plates including 17 costume plates by Agar after Unwins and 64 hand-coloured aquatint views after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall and others by Bluck, Stadler, Hill and others. Original boards, uncut and unopened (joints weak) contained in blue buckram chemise and slipcases.
FINE UNCUT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. An early issue with the list of plates in the first state, and without the portraits of the founders. Cf. Abbey Scenery 280; Tooley 5. (2)
2 volumes, 4° (360 x 290mm.), half-titles, 6pp. list of subscribers, list of plates, uncoloured portrait of Lord Grenville and 81 coloured plates including 17 costume plates by Agar after Unwins and 64 hand-coloured aquatint views after Pugin, Mackenzie, Westall and others by Bluck, Stadler, Hill and others. Original boards, uncut and unopened (joints weak) contained in blue buckram chemise and slipcases.
FINE UNCUT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. An early issue with the list of plates in the first state, and without the portraits of the founders. Cf. Abbey Scenery 280; Tooley 5. (2)