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Oxford in Prints: 1675-1900
Peter Whitfield
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Description for Oxford in Prints: 1675-1900
Hardcover. For more than three centuries Oxford has been the subject of fine illustrated books and engraved prints. The best of these historic prints are reproduced here to create a panorama of classical Oxford, offering an instructive and captivating view of Oxford through the ages. Num Pages: 160 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 278. .
For more than three centuries Oxford has been the subject of fine illustrated books and engraved prints. These exquisitely made illustrations have become part of the historical record, showing how Oxford’s identity is rooted in the past and tracing a history of the city’s development through the architecture of its most beautiful colleges and university buildings. Prints made by David Loggan in the seventeenth century show us a university where the medieval origins are already largely overlaid by Tudor and Stuart rebuilding. The engravings in the eighteenth-century Oxford Almanacks illustrate a city dominated by neo-classical ideas, while those ... Read more
For more than three centuries Oxford has been the subject of fine illustrated books and engraved prints. These exquisitely made illustrations have become part of the historical record, showing how Oxford’s identity is rooted in the past and tracing a history of the city’s development through the architecture of its most beautiful colleges and university buildings. Prints made by David Loggan in the seventeenth century show us a university where the medieval origins are already largely overlaid by Tudor and Stuart rebuilding. The engravings in the eighteenth-century Oxford Almanacks illustrate a city dominated by neo-classical ideas, while those ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851242467
SKU
V9781851242467
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99-50
About Peter Whitfield
Peter Whitfield writes on history, literary criticism and poetry. He is the author of 'Travel: A Literary History' (2011) and 'Mapping Shakespeare' (2016).
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