Encaenia by Stated (3 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). A very scarce order of proceedings for the 1904 Encaenia at the University of Oxford. The very scarce programme for the 1904 Encaenia at the University of Oxford.This programme details the order of proceedings of the day, on the 22nd June. Populated by noteworthy people such as the Chancellor Lord Hawkhurst himself, Lord Tennyson, Charles Booth, John Singer Sargent, Lord Balfour, and the Archbishop of Canterbury.At this time, the Chancellor of the University of Oxford was George Viscount Goschen of Hawkhurst, a British statesman and businessman who had previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer, during which he introduced the Goschen formula. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, smart, with a few light handling marks. Minor edge wear to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.

Leather. Condition: Good Only. Not stated (illustrator). A commemorative programme of the Encaenia ceremony held on 22 June 1904 at the Sheldonian Theatre. A commemorative programme of the Encaenia ceremony held on 22 June 1904 at the Sheldonian Theatre. Populated by such noteworties as the Chancellor Lord Hawkurst himself, Lord Tennyson, Charles Booth, John Singer Sargent, Lord Balfour, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, this volume records the proceedings of the meeting of the University Convocation for Encaenia (the awarding of honourary higher degrees). Includes the text of the Crewe and Convocation speeches, as well as remarks on the accomplishments of individual recipients as they had their degrees conferred. Bound in calf. Worn. Blue colour with gilt lettering, bordering, and armorial vignettes of the University of Oxford. Worn at all extremities and rubbed and slightly worn to boards. Internally, binding tender with two gatherings disbound. Pages generally very bright and clean (notwithstanding dusting and some marks to extremities of margins). Good Only. book.

Disbound. Condition: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this very scarce collection of poetry celebrating the University of Frankfur an der Oder. The first edition of this very scarce pamphlet, collecting together poems to celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of the University at Frankfurt an der Oder. One of only five-hundred copies printed.With detailed engraved head-pieces and initials, and an engraving to the title page, with a total of eleven engravings.The university was founded in 1506, and closed in 1811, before being refounded in 1991.Register runs as A-K2, L1.Collated, complete. Disbound. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with a few light handling marks and spots. Prior owner's ink inscription to the head of the title. Worming to the gutter, heavier to leaves C2 to E2, no loss of text. Good Only. book.