The present state of the universities and of the five adjacent counties, of Cambridge, Huntington, Bedford, Buckingham and Oxford. By Mr. Salmon, Author of Modern History. I. A Description of the County and City of Oxford, and of the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry. II. A Description of the Colleges, and other Publick Buildings in Oxford. III. An Abstract of the History of that University continued down to the present Times. IV. An Account of the Magistrates and Officers in the University, and the Method of obtaining Degrees. V. An Abstract of the Royal Grants, Charters and Acts of Parliament made in Favour of the University. VI. Remarks on University Education, and a College Life, with the Expences attending it.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salmon, Thomas, 1679-1767.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--England--Early works to 1800.

Universities and colleges.

Oxford (England)--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Oxford (England).

University of Oxford--History--Early works to 1800.

University of Oxford.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv,iii-iv,476p. )

Other Title:

Present state of the universities and of the five adjacent counties,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the sole benefit of the author, and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1744.

Notes:

A reissue of the sheets of the 1743 edition.

Deals with Oxford and Oxfordshire only.

The leaf after p. iv numbered iii-iv contains an 'Advertisement' to the reader.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T54388.

OCLC:

642628901