Fabulous Map Print of Oxford in 1675

David Loggan "Bird's Eye" View

Facsimile Lithographic Print of Copper Engraving

You are looking at a quality Facsimile Lithographic print of Oxford. David Loggan was commissioned to produce a series of “Birds Eye” engravings of the Oxford Colleges. These engravings formed the publication Oxonian Illustrata  in 1675. Original prints cost hundreds of pounds. 

David Loggan's "Oxonia Illustrata" was the first illustrated book about Oxford. 

This print shows the whole City of Oxford as it was in 1675, including the old Castle. Here is an opportunity to purchase a quality lithographic print on quality stock, that will make a beautiful display when framed and mounted. Please see my other Ebay entries for prints and maps of other Oxford Colleges. 

Type: Copper engraving (origin).

Date: 1675.

Approximate Print Size: 490 x 355 mm.

 From: Loggan's Oxonia Illustrata 1675.

David Loggan and the Oxonian Illustrata Copper Engravings

The first Illustrated book on Oxford and one of the major works of the 17th century. The book was the product of several years of devoted and conscientious effort in which Loggan was assisted by his pupil Robert White. David Loggan was born in Danzig in 1635 and came to England around 1653. By 1665 he was living in Nuffield near Oxford and in 1669 was appointed engraver to the University. In 1675 he married and became a naturalised citizen. His Oxonia Illustrata was intended as a companion work to Historia Antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis by Anthony Woods, with whom Loggan had become acquainted some years earlier. The copper engravings are from the first illustrated book on Oxford and one of the major works of the 17th century.