1st Ed. FIFTY WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS OF OXFORD By Edward C. Alden

1st Ed. FIFTY WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS OF OXFORD By Edward C. Alden
Rare Leather First Edition FIFTY WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS OF OXFORD By Edward Cox Alden (1840 - 1912) | Published: Oxford: Alden & Co. Ltd /Bacardo Press, c.1910 | Each watercolor painting / drawing was by William Matthison (1853-1926), commissioned by Robert Peel in 1902 to paint approximately seventy views of the University of Oxford | Finely bound in 3/4 black leather with marbled boards; Spine has 5 tall raised bands and gold gilt lettering; Top paper edge gilt | Very Nice Collectible Rare Leather Hardcover First Edition | Contains 50 full-colour tipped in plates by the author of views of Oxford England as it was at the turn of the 20th century. Each watercolor has a brief description opposite. The original volume was issued in a standard cloth over brown boards binding. Previous owner has had the book professionally rebound.