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Title: Bibliotheca Radcliviana: Or, A Short Description of The Radcliffe Library, At Oxford, Containing Several Plans, Uprights, Sections and Ornaments, on Twenty-three Copper Plates, newly engraved, with Explanations of Each Plate
Author:
Written and published by James Gibbs (British, Aberdeen, Scotland 1682–1754 London)
Engraver:
Plates engraved by Paul Fourdrinier (French, Groningen 1698–1758 London)
Engraver:
Additional plates engraved by Henry Le Keux (British, London 1787–1868 Bocking, Sussex)
Artist:
Additional plates after Frederick Mackenzie (British (born Scotland), Edinburgh 1787–1854 London)
Engraver:
Frontispiece engraved by Bernard Baron (French, Paris 1696–1762 London)
Artist:
Frontispiece after William Hogarth (British, London 1697–1764 London)
Sitter:
James Gibbs (British, Aberdeen, Scotland 1682–1754 London)
Published in: London
Date: 1747
Medium: Illustrations: engraving
Dimensions: 16 5/8 × 10 1/2 × 9/16 in. (42.2 × 26.7 × 1.5 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
Object Number: 52.519.54
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