Lot 16373: William Williams - Trinity College, Oxford 1733.
Copper engraved print entitled, Collegium St. Trinitatis (Trinity College, Oxford) by William Williams 1733.
Inscribed ‘Collegium St. Trinitatis’ depicting a facade of the chapel above a drawing of a detail of the entrance portico. On the right a perspective view of the interior of the chapel is shown from clerestory height.
From the first edition of this famous, monumental and richly illustrated collection of views of Oxford and its colleges, by the little-known Welsh engraver William Williams (fl.1724-33).
Intended as an update to David Loggan’s Oxonia illustrata (1675), it is a rare instance of the rolling press machine of Oxford University being used to print a purely illustrated book.
Size: 21in x 25in (54cm x 65cm) Vertical crease
Condition report:
Fair, corner paper loss and usual handling marks to margins - please inspect images carefully.
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