Terrae-Filius: or, the secret history of the University of Oxford; in several essays. To which are added, remarks upon a late book, entitled, University education, by R. Newton, D. D. Principal of Hart-Hall. In two volumes

People / Organizations

• Nicholas Amhurst (Author)
• Richard Franklin ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for R. Francklin, under Tom's Coffee-House, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, M.DCC.XXVI. [1726] The second edition: to which is prefix'd, a dedication to the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford.; ..

Publication year

1726

ESTC No.

T114738

Grub Street ID

166539

Description

2 v., [1] leaf of plates ; 12°.

Note

Anonymous. By Nicholas Amhurst

Titlepages in red and black

Initials; head- and tail-pieces

The title to vol. 2 begins: Terrae-fillus [sic]: ..

Engraved frontispiece to v. 1, signed: "W. Hogarth fec", printed as leaf a12 but bound as leaf a1; the new dedication is printed as gathering A, inserted after the title-page

With three final pages of advertisements

Includes bibliographical footnotes and index

Signatures: v. 1: a]1]2(a1, A]6) B-H]1]2] I]6; v. 2: [A]1 B-I]1]2] K]6.