Cantabrigia depicta. : A concise and accurate description of the university and town of Cambridge, and its environs. A particular history of the several colleges and public buildings, their founders and benefactors; with an account of the considerable improvements which have been lately made throughout the university: many correct lists of the University officers, &c. An invariable rule for the beginnings and endings of the Cambridge terms; and other useful notes relative to the university. To which is added, an exact account of the several posts, coaches, flys, stage-waggons, and other carriers. Illustrated with several neat views of public buildings, and a very accurate plan of the university and town.
Category
Books
Date
1763
Materials
Place of origin
Cambridge
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3101124
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4], 117, [3] p., plates : ill., plan ; 12mo. Provenance: Manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: "A.H. Hindmarch / London / Jan 9th 1865." Twentieth-century bookplate (crest in roundel) with motto ‘Si je puis’ and lettered: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf; sewn onto four recessed cords; spine wanting; gilt rolled board edges.