The old colleges of Oxford : their architectural history illustrated and described / by Aymer Vallance

Aymer Vallance

RA Collection: Book

Record number

14/2601

Author

Imprint

London: B.T. Batsford, [1912]

Physical Description

8 preliminary leaves, g-s., xxxiv, 134 pages, L leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations (plates), coat of arms, maps, plans ; 42 cm.

General Note

Title within ornamental border.
The printers are named at the foot of page 134: `Text printed by The Darien Press, Edinburgh. Plates by The Photophane Company, Harefield Mews, Brockley, London. S.E.’
The book carries no publication date. Date taken from the Preface which is dated June 2012.

Contents

List of Subscribers -- Preface / Aymer Vallance -- Alphabetical list of illustrations -- Introduction -- I. The University Church of St Mary the Virgin -- II. The Old Schools and Bodley’s Library -- III. University College -- IV. Balliol College -- V. Merton College -- VI. Exeter College -- VII. Oriel College -- VIII. Queen’s College -- IX. New College -- X. Lincoln College -- XI. All Souls’ College -- XII. Magdalen College -- XIII. Brasenose College -- XIV. Corpus College -- XV. Christ College -- XVI. Trinity College -- XVII. St John’s College -- XVIII. Jesus College -- XIX. Wadham College -- XX. Pembroke College -- XXI. Worcester College -- XXII. Hertford College -- XXIII. St Edmund Hall -- Appendix I: Engraved memorial brasses -- Appendix II: Heraldic bearings -- Appendix III: Notes on bibliography and sources of illustration -- Index

Binding Note

Black cloth boards with gilt design and lettering on upper cover and spine; decorated endpapers; top edge gilt.

Subject

Illustrated books
Collotypes
Oxford (England) Buildings, structures, etc.

Contributors

George V King of Great Britain, dedicatee
B. T. Batsford Ltd., publisher
Darien Press (Edinburgh), letterpress printer
The Photophane Company, photographic printer