A History Of The College Halls, And Public Buildings, Attached To The University Of Oxford, Including The Lives Of The Founders
by Chalmers, Alex
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary gilt decorated calf. Very good. 2 Vols
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Collingwood And Co. et al., 1810. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary gilt decorated calf. Very good. 2 Vols. 486 pages & 7 leaves [Index, List of Plates & Errata]. Frontispiece, additional engraved title and 31 engraved plates. Generally clean with scattered toning throughout. Louis Richard Ashhurt bookplates. Toning to engravings at margins only. CLARY 112. Nicks to joints, spines decorated and lettered in gilt. Front cover border arabesques in blind.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24122
- Title
- A History Of The College Halls, And Public Buildings, Attached To The University Of Oxford, Including The Lives Of The Founders
- Author
- Chalmers, Alex
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary gilt decorated calf. Very good. 2 Vols
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Collingwood And Co. et al.
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1810
- Keywords
- Art Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Education;
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ardsley, New York
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