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Cantabrigia illustrata, sive Omnium celeberrimae istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, bibliothecae academicae, scholarum publicarum, sacellj coll: regalis nec non totius oppidi ichnographia delineatore & sculptore Dav: Loggan utriusque academiae calcographo.

Accession number
PML 55660
Creator
Loggan, David, 1635-1700?
Published
[Cambridge] : Quam proprijs sumptibus typis mandavit & impressit Cantabrigiae. [1690]
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1965.
Notes
First edition, first state; proofs before numbers.
Engraved throughout, including illustrated t.-p.
This work sometimes dated "[1688]", but the view of Trinity hall is dated 1689, & the view of Magdalene college mentions Gabriel Quadring as master, elected 1690; Loggan himself was not named engraver to the University until 1690; cf. DNB.
Description
4 p., 34 plates : 29 double plates (part fold.) double plan. front. (port.) 45 cm.
Provenance
British Museum duplicate, 1818; subsequently from the Hibbert and Gott collections; Mrs. J.P. Morgan's collection.
Binding
Brown calf.
Classification
Department