A German stroll around Oxford
By RUNDT, Carl , 1859
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A Walk round Oxford.

Art & Architecture
  • Author: RUNDT, Carl
  • Publication place: Berlin
  • Publisher: D. von C. G. Brandis.
  • Publication date: n.d. [c1859]
  • Physical description: Small oblong folio. Lithographed title-page and 16 sepia lithographed plates with interleaved text in English and German, spotting to title and first two pages of text and one plate repaired in outer margin. Nineteenth century blue cloth, slightly worn, with "Oxford" in gilt on upper cover.
  • Inventory reference: 16465

Notes

Sixteen fine lithographs of Oxford, including several unusual subjects, collected into four series each of four views, in the manner of a short tour round the city. The interleaved double-column text is in English and German and describes in some detail the colleges and subjects illustrated. The sixteen plates are as follows:

(Part 1)
Oxford from the South
Oxford
The Shipman’s Chapel at Oxford
The Cathedral of Oxford

(Part 2)
The Cathedral at Oxford
Merton College, Oxford
Magdalen College, Oxford
New College, from the North, Oxford

(Part 3)
New College from the Garden, Oxford
Wadham College and Bodleian Library, Oxford
The Hall of Wadham College, Oxford
Balliol College and Garden, Oxford

(Part 4)
Saint John’s College, Oxford
Worcester College, Oxford
West Front of Christ Church, Oxford
The Observatory and Printing Office, Oxford

Bibliography

  1. Abbey (Scenery) 284. Clary 89. Cordeaux & Merry (Univ.) 336.

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