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Author: Skelton, Joseph
Title: Oxonia Antiqua Resturata, containing upwards of one hundred and seventy engravings, among which are numerous representations of buildings in Oxford, now either altered or demolished... The whole forming an Illustration of the Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings in this University
Place Published: Oxford
Publisher:Printed by S. and J. Collingwood . and published by J. Skelton
Date Published: 1823
Description:

2 volumes. Unpaginated. With steel-engraved folding map & 133 plates (proofs in India paper), 3 plans on letterpress. (large 4to) 41x30.5 cm (16¼x12"), period tan morocco, nonuple gilt filet borders, raised spine bands with quintiple gilt borders within each compartment except the 2nd, which is letlered in gilt, turnins ruled in gilt, all edges gilt. First Edition, large paper copy.

Handsome set of Skelton's masterful illustrated depiction of Oxford. Skelton re-engraved eight-seven of the Oxford Almanacks for the present work, and the remainder were derived from a variety of sources. Skelton also included a large folding plan of Oxford, which is a reduction of the Agas plan first published in 1588, and copied by Whittlesey in 1728. Despite the claim of upwards of 170 engravings, the plates are numbered up to 157, and numbers 2-25 wre never produced - although some of the 133 plates carry two views. Bookplates of William Delafield, Donald Aylmer Cameron, and George Watson Taylor.

Some minor rubbing and discoloration to covers, spines darkened, joints a little tender; occasional light foxing within, offsetting from the plates to the text leaves; very good overall.