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A view of Cambridge from Loggan’s seminal ‘Cantabrigia illustrata’

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Nova & Accuratissima Celeberrimae Universitatis Oppidique Cantabrigiensis Ichnographia. Ano 1688

LOGGAN, Dav[id]
London,
Printed & Sold by H. Overton at ye White House without Newgate, London,
[c1735].
Copper plate engraving, trimmed to neatline, occasional worm holes skillfuly repaired.
Image size 410 by 522mm. (16.25 by 20.5 inches). Sheet size 426 by 540mm (21.25 by 16.75 inches).
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David Loggan (1634-1692) was originally of Anglo-Scottish heritage, but lived in Gdansk for the first two decades of his life. He trained there under Willem Hondius and under Crispijn van de Passe in Amsterdam. He moved to England around 1657 and became engraver to Oxford University. He sold a printing press to the university, and was also commissioned to produced title pages and plates for books produced by the tutors, as well as a book on academic robes. His work at Oxfor...