12mo. xii, 254pp, [2]. With a terminal page of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary gilt- ruled calf, recently rebacked and recornered, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece. Boards rubbed. Internally clean and crisp.

The nurseryman and antiquarian John Dovaston's (1740-1808) copy, with his armorial bookplate to FEP, inked ownership inscription to title page, and very occasional annotations to the text.

The first edition of antiquary John Pointer's (bap. 1688, d. 1754) diverting history of the University of Oxford; providing accounts of the founding of all the colleges, the Bodleian Library, Ashmolean Museum, Sheldonian Theatre, and Physick Garden.