Verlag: John Potts; Mitchell and Hughes; William Potts 1891-1898, Banbury; London, 1891
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Sir Henry Dryden; et al. (illustrator). A half calf bound collection of reports from the Oxfordshire Archaeological Society between 1891 and 1898, offering a comprehensive view of the Society's activities. In a half calf binding. This volume contains 18 reports from the Oxfordshire Archaeological Society, published between 1891 and 1898 by different publishers and written by different authors. It includes: Reports for the years 1890, 1891 and 1892, printed by John Potts, Banbury. Reports for the years 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896, printed by William Potts, Banbury. M. T. Pearman's The Descent of the Manors of Pirton and Haseley (1892); Notices, Manorial and Ecclesiastical, of the Parish of Checkenden (1893); Additional Notices of Checkenden Rectory (1898); Historical Notices of Caversham (1894); all published by Mitchell and Hughes, London. An inventory of the church plate in the Deanery of Woodstock by the Rev. Edward Marshall, and an inventory of the church plate in the Deanery of Oxford by the Hon. Bryan J. Stapleton, both printed by William Potts, Banbury. Indexes of archaeological papers published in 1891, 1894 and 1895. A report, and second report, on the transcription and publication of Parish Registers. Forms of schedule for an ethnographical survey of the United Kingdom. A report on a photographic survey of England and Wales by Ralph Nevill, George E. Fox and W. H. St. John Hope. This volume contains 17 plates. The Oxford Archaeological Society, founded in 1919 by Edward Thurlow Leeds, is an organisation which aims to provide students, alumni and enthusiasts to discuss and learn about archaeology. Notable archaeologists to have held the presidency of the society include Nowell Myers, Martin Hope, Kathleen Kenyon, Francis Maddison, Jeffrey May and Andrew Selkirk. The Society has conducted various archaeological fieldwork projects in Oxfordshire, including excavations at Mingies Ditch and Alchester. In a half calf binding. Externally smart, with some rubbing to the spine and extremities and a little bumping to the boards. Internally, the binding is slightly strained in places, with a loose plate to the rear of the report for 1891. Pages are bright and clean, except for some spotting to the first and last few pages, and the odd spot to the leaves surrounding some of the plates. Very Good. book.