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Title: WITHDRAWN - Oxonia illustrata, sive Omnium celeberrimæ istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, bibliothecæ Bodleianæ, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani; nec non urbis totius scenographia. Delineavit & sculpsit Dav: Loggan Univ. Oxon. Chalcographus Author: Loggan, David Place: Oxoniae [Oxford] Publisher: Theatro Sheldoniano Date: 1675 Description: Copper-engraved pictorial title-page, 3 preliminary leaves with engraved text, index leaf at rear. 40 double-page or folding copper-engraved plates. (Folio) 44x32 cm (17¼x10¾") period full speckled calf, gilt borders, later rebacking, endpapers renewed. Custom slipcase. First Edition. David Loggan’s great work, including forty large, accurate, and interesting illustrations of Oxford, intended partly as a companion volume to Anthony Wood’s 'Historia et Antiquitates. Wing L2838. Plates mounted on new stubs, restorations by Bernard Middleton of London in 1980. Lot Amendments Condition: Binding a bit rubbed; some foxing and browning to plates; very good. Item number: 289711