"A painfull work it is I'll assure you, and more than difficult, wherein what toyle hath been Ant. à Wood, Preface to the History of Oxford. New-York : J. SABIN & SONS, 84 NASSAU STREET. 1873. 258. i.19 Edition, 525 Copies, 8vo, of which 25 are for Presentation, And 110 Copies on Large Paper, of which 10 are for Presentation. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. ΤΟ EZRA B. B. McCAGG, ESQ., OF CHICAGO, ILL., THE VETERAN COLLECTOR OF THE NORTH-WEST, WHOSE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS BOOKS WAS AS THOROUGH AS THEIR CHARACTER WAS VARIED, AND WHOSE LOSS OF HIS LIBRARY IN THE GREAT FIRE WHICH DE STROYED THE CITY IS ALMOST IRREPARABLE, THIS VOLUME, AS AN OFFERING ALIKE OF SYMPATHY AND REGRET, IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 1873. JOSEPH SABIN. |