1733 OXONIA DEPICTA 58 OXFORD UNIVERSITY ENGRAVINGS antique LARGE FOLIO Williams

Williams, William (a Welsh engraver)

Oxonia Depicta sive collegiorum met Aularum in inclyta Academia Oxoniensi.

Oxford, 1733

58 (of 66) engraved double-page plates

(handsome architectural engravings of Oxford University executed by the Welsh artist and engraver William Williams, and was intended as an updated version of David Loggan's Oxonia illustrata (1675).

The depictions of the colleges are fascinating from an architectural historian's perspective because the buildings are sometimes not shown as they appeared in the 1730s, but rather "as they were intended to be built or rebuilt, according to the architect's designs" (BAL RIBA).

Depicting the facades, plans, courtyards, and gardens of the Oxford colleges, often including dedications to notable alumni. 

Includes a large folding plate of the Bodleian buildings, views of college buildings and gardens, and plans of the city and university grounds.

The engravings are in the style of David Loggan's Oxonia Illustrata.

The plates are loose in portfolio; some stains, lacking 8 plates, some marginal repairs

Very large folio. Size: 14.5 by 20.5 inches

Wide margins, untrimmed

The double page plates are 20 by 26.5 inches

One folding plate is 20 by 49 inches

Includes a list of subscribers

3/4 leather over marbled boards binding, marbled endpapers. Spibe with raised bands, and gilt title. Worn.

 Text in English
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