Pietas Oxoniensis, or Records of Oxford founders /. by Joseph Skelton ....
Joseph Skelton (1783-1871)
Category
Books
Date
1831
Materials
Place of origin
Oxford
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3257899
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], iv, 96 p., [25] leaves of plates :. ill., ports. (engravings) ;. 4to. Preface dated 1831. Title page with misaligned printing. Pencil mark on title page. Squashed insects on page 49 and plate 22 verso. Binding: nineteenth-century half brown calf (worn), orange marbled paper, gilt-ruled where the materials meet. Five raised bands, gilt-tooled and lettered. Marbled endpapers.
Provenance
From the library of Alan Clutton-Brock (1904-1976), thence by descent to his daughter, Eleanor Clutton-Brock, the current vendor. Ownership by EC-B confirmed by the auction house.
Makers and roles
Joseph Skelton (1783-1871)