9th Apr, 2025 10:30 GMT/BST
Ackermann (R[udolph], publisher).
A History of The University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings,
London: R. Ackermann, 1815, two volumes, hand-coloured plates as called for except the sixteen plates of founders, offsetting, some light scattered spotting and dust staining mainly to margins, plates generally clean and bright, worn half morocco, boards detached, vol. 2 lacking backstrip, together with:
Idem. A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings. London: R.Ackermann, 1814, volume two only, fifty hand-coloured plates, offsetting, some dust-staining particularly the head of pages, occasional finger-soiling, worn half morocco, upper board detached, lower joint split, partial loss of backstrip. [sold as a collection of plates].
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Sold for £1,800
Estimated at £200 - £400
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 9th Apr, 2025
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