A LIBERAL AND INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
Memorandum and articles for oxford newspaper.
[Oxford].
[s.n.], [1857].
Large folio.
Manuscript on parchment. [1], 23ff. Contemporary hard- grained, blind-ruled and gilt-decorated, brown morocco, titled in gilt to upper board, rebacked to style. Slightly rubbed to extremities. Marbled endpapers. With a single-leaf broadside advertisement/application form for the release of shares in same company, with three horizontal folds, loosely inserted. The official seal removed from the first leaf of the 'Memorandums of Association', that to the 'Articles of Association' remaining, with an official stamp dated 1857.
The official company 'mem and arts', with a promotional application form, for a Victorian publishing firm with plans 'for the publication of a liberal and independent newspaper to be called "The Oxford Free Press."
Despite seeking capital of £3000, the lofty, liberal ambitions of the directors, and an attempt to undercut the cover price (by half) of its local competitors, the Oxford Free Press closed in 1858, after what The Examiner described as 'a brief and chequered existence of a little less than eight months'. These official limited liability company documents reveal the names of the company's original subscribers, which included Charles Neate of Oriel College, 'Professor of Political Economy' at the University and indeed holder of the Drummond Chair.
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref: 18803
Despite seeking capital of £3000, the lofty, liberal ambitions of the directors, and an attempt to undercut the cover price (by half) of its local competitors, the Oxford Free Press closed in 1858, after what The Examiner described as 'a brief and chequered existence of a little less than eight months'. These official limited liability company documents reveal the names of the company's original subscribers, which included Charles Neate of Oriel College, 'Professor of Political Economy' at the University and indeed holder of the Drummond Chair.
