The new Belfry of christ church, oxford. A monograph.
Oxford.
James Parker and Co., 1873.
Second thousand.
12mo.
23pp, [1]. With a half-title. Modern dark green cloth-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed. Half-title browned.
A sarcastic poem by Lewis Carroll - of Alice in Wonderland fame - on the architecture of Christ Church College, Oxford, poking fun at the new belfry installed in 1872.
Due to financial limitations, the project's lofty ambitions were never executed, and instead a large wooden cube served as the belfry until it could be tactfully hidden behind new walls. Carroll's poem mocks the shape of the structure, commenting snidely that 'two builders of bathing-machines at Ramsgate have followed his example: one of the great London houses is supplying 'bar-soap' cut in the same striking and symmetrical form: and we are credibly informed that Borwick's Baking Powder and Thorley's Food for Cattle are now sold in no other shape'.
£ 325.00
Antiquates Ref: 29683
Due to financial limitations, the project's lofty ambitions were never executed, and instead a large wooden cube served as the belfry until it could be tactfully hidden behind new walls. Carroll's poem mocks the shape of the structure, commenting snidely that 'two builders of bathing-machines at Ramsgate have followed his example: one of the great London houses is supplying 'bar-soap' cut in the same striking and symmetrical form: and we are credibly informed that Borwick's Baking Powder and Thorley's Food for Cattle are now sold in no other shape'.
