The Costumes of the Members of the University of Oxford. WHITTOCK [Nathaniel]

Engraved title and 17 hand-coloured engravings of academic outfits folded concertina style to form one long plate [1080 x 114 mm].

32mo. [122 x 78 x 5 mm]. Bound in the original green cloth, both covers blocked in blind, with the title in gilt within a frame on the front.
London: Drawn, Engraved & Published by N. Whittock, 34 Richard Street, Islington, c.1853.

Minor neat repairs to reverse of three folds and slight chipping to inner backstrip. A very good copy.

A delightful guide to Oxford academic dress, illustrating elegantly robed individuals against a background of trees and familiar buildings. An earlier issue concluded with the Duke of Wellington, but he has here been replaced by the new Chancellor, the Earl of Derby.

Stock no. ebc7705