Author: WILSON, Joseph
Title: Memorabilia Cantabrigiae
Description: 1803. WILSON, Joseph. MEMORABILIA CANTABRIGIAE: or, an Account of the Different Colleges in Cambridge; Biographical Sketches of the Founders and Eminent men; with Many Original Anecdotes; Views of the Colleges and Portraits of the Founders. London: Printed for Edward Harding, Crown & Mitre, Pall, Mall; Scott, Strand; Highley, Fleet-Street; and Deighton, Cambridge; by C. Clarke, Northumberland-Court, Strand, 1803. 8vo. half-bound calf over marbled paper-covered boards, untrimmed, with 16 portraits and two extra illustrations. 1857 bookplate. Ex-library, no external marks. Boards are rubbed, edgeworn, especially at the opening corners; with some scaling to the spine, which in slightly dulled, and chipped at the crown; front board starting. Some slight chips to the paper covering the boards. Occasional spot of foxing, with offsetting to text from illustrations; one plate bears slight offsetting from text. Small faint patch of dampstain to one leaf. Partially unopened. Overall, a very sound and serviceable copy internally. .

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