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Rudolph Ackerman

A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings.

London: R. Ackerman 1814 2 vols. Large 4to. Full tan calf elaborately stamped in gilt and blind, edges marbled. Some bumping and rubbing to extremities. Minor scratching, spotting to covers. Illustrated with an engraved portrait of the Duke of Gloucester as well as 79 hand-colored plates including 64 aquatint views and 15 engravings of University figures in academic garb. Spines rebacked, A handsome set. First edition. All but “Corpus Christi College” plate (p.35), in second state according to Tooley. List of plates in first state. Abbey Scenery 80. Tooley 5.

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