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![[picture: Front Cover, The Charm of Oxford]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/tn/000-Front-Cover-q95-385x500.jpg "[picture: Front Cover, The Charm of Oxford]")
Words and pictures from “The Charm of Oxford” by J. Wells, 1920, and illustrated by W. G. Blackall.
There is also a Project Gutenberg text edition of this book, but their images are not very good. From this edition I take it that the images and text are out of copyright, but I am not certain.
Note: the text is by Joseph Wells (1855 – 1929) and is out of copyright.
Title: The Charm of Oxford
Published by: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.
City: London
Date: 1920
Total items: 8
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![[picture: III.---View in Radcliffe Square]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/wm/big/014-View-in-Radcliffe-Square-q75-158x200.jpg "[picture: III.---View in Radcliffe Square]")
“The visitor to Oxford often asks—“Where is the University?” The proper answer is: “The University is everywhere,” for the colleges are all parts of it. But if a distinction must be made, and some buildings must be shown which are especially “University Buildings,” then it is undoubtedly in the Square of which this picture shows one [more...] [$]
![[picture: Front Cover, The Charm of Oxford]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/wm/big/000-Front-Cover-q95-154x200.jpg "[picture: Front Cover, The Charm of Oxford]")
Front Cover, The Charm of Oxford
One of the more interesting book covers I’ve seen from this period.
[$]![[picture: XXIV.---Wadham College, The Hall Interior (greyscale version)]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/wm/big/134-xxiv-Wadham-College-The-Hall-Interior-greyscale-q80-153x200.jpg "[picture: XXIV.---Wadham College, The Hall Interior (greyscale version)]")
XXIV.—Wadham College, The Hall Interior (greyscale version)
A black and white picture of the drawing of the interior of Wadham College, Oxford; there is also a colour version; the original is actually printed in black but on yellowish paper with a dark purple matte border, and then mounted on grey stock. [more...]
[$]![[picture: IV.---Sheldonian Theatre, etc., Broad Street]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/wm/big/022-IV-Sheldonian-Theatre-etc-Broad-Street-q75-254x200.jpg "[picture: IV.---Sheldonian Theatre, etc., Broad Street]")
![[picture: VII.---Merton College: The Library Interior]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wells-TheCharmOfOxford/wm/big/036-vii-Merton-College-The-Library-Interior-q75-140x200.jpg "[picture: VII.---Merton College: The Library Interior]")
VII.—Merton College: The Library Interior
Merton is the oldest college in Oxford, founded in the 1270s, almost 750 years ago. This sketch gives us a glimpse inside the ancient library with its rows of books so inviting. [more...]
[$]Words and pictures from “The Charm of Oxford” by J. Wells, 1920, and illustrated by W. G. Blackall.
There is also a Project Gutenberg text edition of this book, but their images are not very good. From this edition I take it that the images and text are out of copyright, but I am not certain.
Note: the text is by Joseph Wells (1855 – 1929) and is out of copyright.
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