University Education: Or, An Explication and Amendment of the Statute, Which, Under a Penalty Insufficient and Eluded, prohibits the Admission of Scholars going from One Society to Another without the Leave of their respective Governors, or of their Chancellor, Humbly Propos'd To the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford, as a Means Necessary to the Good Education of Youth in the said University; On Occasion Of the late Irregular Admission of William Seaman, Commoner of Hart-Hall, into Oriel College.

NEWTON, Richard.

Published by London: Printed for G. Strahan, 1726

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First edition of this manifesto for university reform, a testament to fierce inter-collegiate squabbles in early 18th-century Oxford. Richard Newton (1676-1753) spent the latter part of his career fighting to expand and reform Hart Hall in Oxford, envisaging a collegiate structure which actively sought to mould its pupils - mentally and morally. As he made clear in the preface, Newton's vision encompassed "piety, learning, and good manners" (p. [xvi]). The plan ran into opposition from several other colleges, which coveted Hart Hall's lands and pupils. ESTC T53430. Octavo (190 x 115 mm), pp. [xvi], 207, [1]. Contemporary panelled calf, edges sprinkled red. Although unmarked as such, from the Sandys family library at Ombersley Court, Worcestershire. Light bumping and rubbing, a couple of spots of foxing but contents generally crisp: an excellent copy.

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• Title: University Education: Or, An Explication and Amendment of the Statute, Which, Under a Penalty Insufficient and Eluded, prohibits the Admission of Scholars going from One Society to Another without the Leave of their respective Governors, or of their Chancellor, Humbly Propos'd To the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford, as a Means Necessary to the Good Education of Youth in the said University; On Occasion Of the late Irregular Admission of William Seaman, Commoner of ...
• Publisher: London: Printed for G. Strahan, 1726
• Edition: 1st Edition