8vo. iv pp. [44] aquatint, engraved, and lithographed plates, of which four coloured, all dated in the 1840's except one which is 1863. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt to upper board, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed and marked. Recent bookplate of Liam Sims to FEP, scattered spotting.

The sole edition of a collection of attractive plates depicting views of Oxford and Cambridge colleges and founders of the universities, gathered from various sources and issued privately by the collector, philanthropist and social reformer, James Heywood (1810-1897).

OCLC and COPAC together record copies at just eight locations worldwide (Cambridge, Harvard, Illinois, Nebraska, Oxford, Washington, Wellesley, and Yale).