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Cantabrigia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis, collegiorum, aularum, bibliothecae academicae scholarum publicarum, sacelli coll. regalis : regalis nec non totius oppidi ichnographia
Title
Cantabrigia illustrata, sive, Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis, collegiorum, aularum, bibliothecae academicae scholarum publicarum, sacelli coll. regalis : regalis nec non totius oppidi ichnographia / deliniatore and sculptore Dav. Loggan utriusque academiae calcographo.
Publication
[Cambridge] : Quam proprijs sumptibus typis mandavit and impressit Cantabrigiae, [1690?]
Physical Description
[64] leaves : illustrations ; 45 cm
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco by the Centre Rectangle Binder; dated 1690 on front cover. Frontispiece in the British Art Center copy is a mezzotint portrait of Charles, Duke of Somerset by William Clarke. Has bound with it: Oxonia illustrata. Cambridge, 1675.
Notes
Some copies include a frontispiece portrait of Charles II signed: Riley pinx: Smith fec. Other copies include a frontispiece portrait of Charles, Duke of Somerset signed Wm Clarke fec.
Engraved throughout, with most plates signed by the author: [4] single leaves and [30] double leaves.
This work is sometimes dated "[1688]", but the view of Trinity Hall is dated 1689, and the view of Magdalene College mentions Gabriel Quadring as master, elected 1690; Loggan himself was not named engraver to the University until 1690. See: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Includes engraved index of plates.
Variant and related titles
Cantabrigia illustrata
Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis, collegiorum, aularum, bibliothecae academicae scholarum publicarum, sacelli coll regalis
Format
Books
Language
Latin
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Wing (2d edition), L2837
English short title catalogue, R9256
British Architectural Library. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 1913
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Mezzotints - 1690.
Engravings - 1690.
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