Old England: A Pictorial Museum (page 33/33)

2157.---John Gadbury

2157.—John Gadbury

John Gadbury published a popular almanack (alamanac) in the seventeenth century. He has a moustache and a small goatee beard.

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2271.---Oxford from the Abingdon Road.

2271.—Oxford from the Abingdon Road.

“If in one of those magic freaks of which eastern tales are so full, a person who had never seen Oxford or Cambridge, nor paid much attention to aught he might have read about them, were set down just outside on of these cities, say, for instance, Oxford, and on the Abingdon road (Fig. 2271), and were conducted from thence into its streets and among [...] [more...]

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2280.---The Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge

2280.—The Pepysian Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge

The Pepys library holds over 3,000 volumes; the building probably dates from 1700 or so. [more...]

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2333.---Guy's Cliff

2333.—Guy’s Cliff

I visited this in 1984 or so, when it appeeared to be a ruin with broken windows but still surrounded by water and rather hard to reach. [more...]

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828.---Great Seal of Edward I.

828.—Great Seal of Edward I.

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