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James Heywood. 1843. First edition. In original green cloth gilt, slightly worn and faded. The following text is lifted, with thanks, from the excellent description provided by Inanna Rare Books of Cork. Extremely scarce and wonderful publication on the student-life in Oxford and Cambridge during the first half of the 19th century ! [OCLC 56007578] Illustrations include the following engravings, 4 in colour and 40 in black and white: 1. Bodleian Library at Oxford [hand-coloured] / 2. Sir Thomas Bodley / 3. Cambridge University Library [hand-coloured / 4. Student signing is name in the Matriculation Book before the Vice Chancellor at Oxford, 1842 / 5. Oxford University Amusements - 1842 [Fantastic handcoloured plate depicting a Biedermeier Scene of an English Student's Life] / 6. Oxford University Students driving Tandem, 1842 [depicting also the [Oxford & London Fly] / 7. Brasenose College Chapel, Oxford, Afternoon Service / 8. Annual Examination of Students in Trinity College, Cambridge / 9. Father of a College Presenting a Supplicat for a Degree, Cambridge - hand-colour ed/ 10. Proctors Walking, Oxford / 11. Vice-Chancellor conferring the B.A.Degree, Oxford / 12. Act for B.C.L. Degree, Cambridge / 13. Vice-Chancellor conferring the M.A.Degree, Oxford / 14. Vice-Chancellor conferring the B.D. Degree, Oxford / 15. Robert Egglesfield, Founder of Queen's College, Oxford / 16. William of Wykeham, Founder of New College, Oxford / 17. Margaret of Anjou (Lancastrian), Foundress of Queen's College, Cambridge / 18. Elizabeth Woodville (Yorkist), Foundress of Queen's College, Cambridge / 19. Corpus Christi College, Oxford / 20. Richard Fox, Founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford / 21. Merton College, Oxford / 22. Tom Tower, Christ Church, Oxford / 23. Cardinal Wolsey / 24. Erasmus / 25. Edward VI. / 26. Sir John Cheke / 27. Queen Mary (1555-1558) / 28. Cardinal Pole / 29. William Cecil, Lord Burleigh / 30. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester / 31. Matthew Parker / 32. John Whitgift / 33. Sir Thomas Smyth / 34. Charles I. / 35. William Laud / 36. Earl of Manchester / 37. Oliver Cromwell / 38. Richard Cromwell / 39. John Locke / 40. Edward Copleston / 41. Oxford Convocation House / 42. Plan of Oxford Colleges / 43. Examination of Students in the University of Durham / 44. The Chancellor, conferring a Degree in the University of London. Front inner hinge cracked but holding. Prelims and margins of first two paltes foxed. Generally a very clean and sound copy of a very scarce item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 103363
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