Author: Anthony Wood Title: Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Antient and Famous University of Oxford, from the fifteenth year of King Henry the Seventh, A.D. 1500 etc. Two Volumes.
Description: R Knaplock, D Midwinter and J Tomson, London, 1721. Second Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Full Title "Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Antient and Famous University of Oxford, from the fifteenth year of King Henry the Seventh, A.D. 1500, to the author's death in November 1695. Representing the Birth, Fortune, Preferment, and Death of all those Authors and Prelates, the Great Accidents of Their Lives, and the Fate and Character of Their Writings. To Which are added, The Fasti, or Annals, of the Said University in Two Volumes. " The Second Edition, very much corrected and enlarged; with the addition of above 500 new lives from the author's Original Manuscript. Two matching volumes. Full leather with blind decoration on front and rear covers, gilt decoration on edges, antique reinforcement in leather of spine and corners. Banded spines with spine labels and gilt lettering. Both volumes have original end-papers and both have 4 bookplates, one modern obit (Leslie George Paine); and John Peyto Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke; Robert John Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke; and un-named book plate with the crest for Colonel Frederick Arthur Lambert or Henry Lambert. Red and black title-pages, decorated headers, footers and capitals, main text in two parallel columns - pagination for these elements refers to columns rather than pages, prelims in single blocks, entries in chronological order, indices at rear of both volumes. Leather covers are well rubbed and with some loss, corners are bumped and scuffed, spine-ends are worn, bands are rubbed. Binding is sound in both volumes but with antique paper reinforcement over internal hinges. The rear inside cover of Volume I has a small amount of worm damage close to the upper edge which goes into the last two pages of the index and a single "pinhole" in the upper margin back to page 323. Pages are clean and text is clear. Packed weight approx. 8kg. Volume I: [4], [14], 286, [8], [2]. Volume II: [4], [6], 1186, 238, [8].. 2-volume set (complete). No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: over 4 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52522041141. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.. ISBN: 071060744X
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