MALTON, Thomas.
Views of Oxford.
London, White & Co. & R. Smith of Oxford, 1810.£7,500.00
Large folio. Frontispiece, engraved title, and 30 leaves of plates. Mezzotint author’s portrait as frontispiece, 24 aquatints and 6 line etchings of views of Oxford. Slight browning and minimal marginal spotting to author’s portrait, very minor toning to last 6 plates. A very good copy in C19 green half morocco over cloth boards, title gilt to upper board, marbled eps, armorial bookplates of the businessman Sir Manson M. Beeton (d.1947) and Sir Richard Farrant to front pastedown.
The second, enlarged edition of this attractive collection of views of Oxford. Thomas Malton (1748-1804) was a painter and engraver, specialised in English topographical views. ‘Views of Oxford’ illustrates some of the key sceneries of the city. The first 24 plates are charming aquatints, reproduced from the edition of 1802-3 (Abbey, Scenery 272) and bearing the original imprint. They portray Magdalen College from the New Bridge and its quadrangle, the entrance to All Souls College and its quadrangle, details of Christ Church College, the typical view of University College from the High Street, the quadrangle and chapel of Queen’s College, the Clarendon printing house, Corpus Christi College, the chapel and quadrangle of New College, Brazen-Nose (Brasenose) College, and the Divinity School. The final 6 plates are line etchings, dated 1810, and illustrate, in addition to previously mentioned colleges, also All Saints Church and Oriel College.
Abbey, Scenery, 272. Not at RIBA.In stock
