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Bibliotheca Radcliviana: Or, A Short Description of The Radcliffe Library, At Oxford, Containing Several Plans, Uprights, Sections and Ornaments, on Twenty-three Copper Plates, newly engraved, with Explanations of Each Plate

1747
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  • Title: Bibliotheca Radcliviana: Or, A Short Description of The Radcliffe Library, At Oxford, Containing Several Plans, Uprights, Sections and Ornaments, on Twenty-three Copper Plates, newly engraved, with Explanations of Each Plate
  • Author: Written and published by James Gibbs (British, Aberdeen, Scotland 1682–1754 London)
  • Engraver: Plates engraved by Paul Fourdrinier (French, Groningen 1698–1758 London)
  • Engraver: Additional plates engraved by Henry Le Keux (British, London 1787–1868 Bocking, Sussex)
  • Artist: Additional plates after Frederick Mackenzie (British (born Scotland), Edinburgh 1787–1854 London)
  • Engraver: Frontispiece engraved by Bernard Baron (French, Paris 1696–1762 London)
  • Artist: Frontispiece after William Hogarth (British, London 1697–1764 London)
  • Sitter: James Gibbs (British, Aberdeen, Scotland 1682–1754 London)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1747
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving
  • Dimensions: 16 5/8 × 10 1/2 × 9/16 in. (42.2 × 26.7 × 1.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.519.54
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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