PBA Galleries

2 volumes. xiv, [2], xxv, [1], 275, [6]; [4], 262, [6] pp. With 115 plates in all, including the 33 portraits of the "Founders" not issued in all copies. Of the 82 regular issue plates, one is an uncolored portrait of Lord Grenville, 64 are hand-colored aquatint plates containing 67 views (6 of the plates have two views each), 17 are hand-colored engravings in line and stipple of the costume of the University; the 33 "Founder" plates are hand-colored engravings in line and stipple. (folio) 33.7x27.8 cm (13¼x10¾"), period diced calf, gilt geometric borders, rebacked with later calf, spines tooled in gilt, all edges gilt. First Edition.

Lovely copy of Ackermann's History of Oxford, with the 33 portraits of the "Founders" not issued in all copies. The list of plates in the present copy is in the second state, having the "Founder" plates listed. The frontispiece in volume 1 is the first state, with imprint "...for R. Ackermann's History of Cambridge." Abbey, Scenery, No. 278; Tooley 5.