[WOOD, Anthony à (1632–1695)]. The Antient and Present State of the City of Oxford. Containing an Account of its Foundation, Antiquity, Situation, Suburbs, Division by Wards, Walls, Castle, Fairs, Religious Houses, Abbeys, St. Frideswede's, Churches, as well those Destroyed as the Present, with their Monumental Inscriptions; Mayors, Members of Parliament &c. The Whole Chiefly Collected by Mr. Anthony à Wood; with Additions by the Rev. Sir J. Peshall, Bart. London: Printed for J. and F. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and sold by the booksellers of Oxford and Cambridge, MDCCLXXIII. [1773].
FIRST EDITION. Leather-bound; hardcover; quarto (28 x 22 x 3.5 cm); pp. [8], 372, 26. English text. Handsome later panelled calf gilt; spine gilt in compartments; all page edges gilt; half-title; 2 engraved plates and one folding linen-backed map; illustrations (some full-page); extra illustrated with 3 plates (one slightly trimmed at head and foot); errata slip at rear; armorial bookplate of A. Macfarlane-Grieve to front pastedown. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure, the hinges and joints intact. Some light rubbing and scuffing to covers. The odd tear and paper repair, slightly affecting text, some surface soiling and scattered spotting, browning and a few stains, mostly marginal. Scarce. [ESTC T68767].
