Walks in Oxford; Comprising an Original, Historical, and Descriptive Account of the Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings of The University; with an Introductory Outline of the Academical History of Oxford. To which are Added, A Consise History and Description of The City, and Delineations in the Environs of Oxford

Second Edition complete with the desirable map of Oxford and plates. Contemporary half binding of brown calf over marbled boards in near good condition suffering loss to lower third of spine panel. Cracking over gutters; upper and lower boards very tender; otherwise a square and sound copy.

Endpapers reveal an inscription dated 1850 which reads, ‘David Griffiths Jes. Coll. Oxford’ and a 1960 wedding gift inscription to ‘Yoriko and Masamichu’. A fold out b/w map in good condition precedes the title page and is titled ‘New Map of the University and City of Oxford’, ‘Engraved for the Walks in Oxford, published by R Pearson, High St 1817’; very fresh; a clean tear runs along a fold line to the tail; a closed 8 cm tear runs through a marginal section to the right fore edge; measures 45 cm x 40 cm. Beautifully engraved frontispiece plus 11 further b/w plates depicting scenes of Oxford in very good condition. 387 pp. plus appendix and index collated and complete.