mackenzie rev john (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Includes several b/w illustrations. viii+278+32pp. Final 32*pages are a catalogue of Cassell books. Green cloth boards with black title plate. Boards have been replaced. Text-block in good order and tight.

Leather. Zustand: Good. John Le Kreux; F. Mackenzie (illustrator). A sammelband of extracts from works and letters concerning the Bodleian Library, the Martyrs' Memorial and the Taylor Insitution. A sammelband in a half morocco binding with marbled boards and end papers.Institutional library bookplate to the front paste down, with a library stamp and ink inscription. Ink inscription to the page facing page 1. Loosely inserted to the rear is a 2-page leaflet on 'Amendments on the Proposed Taylorian Statute, June 18, 1857'.Three works compiled in one sammelband concerning the history of the Bodleian Library, the Martyrs' Memorial and the Taylor Insitution of Oxford. The first section comprises the chapter on the Bodleian Library from Volume II of James Ingram"s 'Memorials of Oxford' (published by John Henry Parker, 1837). It includes two plates engraved by John Le Keux from drawings by F. Mackenzie: "The Divinity School & Part of the Bodleian Library" and "The Bodleian Library". The second section comprises "Communications Respecting the Extension and Warming of the Bodleian" (1856). This work compiles a series of letters written by J. W. Gilbert Scott; John Burlison; the Gothic Revival architect Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878); and the first director of the London Fire Engine Establishment, James Braidwood (18001861). In these letters, they discuss the safety and effectiveness various ways of heating the Bodleian Library. The third and final section comprises the chapters on the Martyrs" Memorial and the Taylor Building from James Ingram"s 'Memorials of the Public Buildings of Oxford' (published by John Henry Parker, 1848). It includes two plates engraved by John Le Keux from drawings by F. Mackenzie: "The Martyrs" Memorial" and "The University Galleries and Taylor Building".Collated, complete. In a half morocco binding. Externally sound, though somewhat rubbed. Shelf wear to the boards. Gilt remains bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Good. book.