With a 2007 population of 151,000, Oxford is located on the Cherwell and Isis Rivers in southeast England (Actually, Isis is a different name given to a 10 mile stretch of the Thames River). Oxford is a major university town, and is the home of the world’s oldest university in the English-speaking world, the University of Oxford.

Oxford University, and thus the city has been in existence since at least the 12th century, and there are buildings in Oxford that feature every British architectural period since then. The best description of the look of Oxford’s university buildings was by the 19th-century English poet Matthew Arnold, who referred to Oxford as “city of dreaming spires”.

Oxford is also a city of rivers, as there are many beautiful and scenic river bank walks, and a very popular pastime here is to hire a punt (a small flat-bottomed boat propelled by a pole) and spend a lazy afternoon on the river.

There are many famous buildings in Oxford, and Radcliffe Camera is one of the most distinctive. This 18th-century drum-shaped building with a dome was built to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is used today as the main reading room of the Bodleian Library. The college buildings are the main draw for tourists however, as there are many besides the ones in Oxford University. In fact, Magdalen College with its distinctive Magdalen Tower and beautiful grounds and Christ Church, which includes a fabulous collection of buildings around a vast courtyard are arguably the most interesting to visit.

Oxford also is home to some of the most famous museums in the world, including the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology and the Pitt Rivers Museum with its renowned anthropological and archaeological collections.

The city center, although small, is also an attractive and extraordinary tourist pleasure with its great shopping and social interaction. Be sure to visit Blackwell Bookshop with its Norrington Room, which at 10,000 sq ft claims to be the largest single room devoted exclusively to book sales in all of Europe.

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When looking for antique bookcases, domestic pieces will generally date from as far back as 1700 when case furniture began to be produced in serious quantity. Bookcases of course can be traced back as far as the late 16th century and there are some very fine examples at Oxford University’s Bodleian Library. Early examples of bookcases were usually made of oak, and tended to be plain rather than decorative. Very early books would be laid flat on the shelves, and it was only with the advent of the print industry that spines and titles would be displayed outwards.

A walnut bureau bookcase from the time of Queen Anne (1702-14) is a very fine example of an early antique bookcase. Pieces like this formed part of a revolution in furniture making in Britain, with the arrival of Huguenot craftsmen expelled from France at the end of the 17th century and these new forms of manufacture remained throughout the 18th century. The bureau bookcase was an encased set of shelves set upon a bureau or writing desk. The desk had a fold down flap with sets of drawers arranged beneath. The cabinet placed on top to hold the books had two often mirror glazed doors which helped to encourage light. These cabinets were often pedimented on top to give an architectural quality to the piece.

As the 18th century progressed, varying types of antique bookcase evolved. Much larger architectural pieces were being made for libraries and the smaller compact bureau bookcase for the drawing room. Walnut had now become very scarce and mahogany was being imported as its replacement. The bookcase was not only made to showcase books but also to showcase the art of the cabinet maker and many fine examples remain from the time of George III onwards. Door fronts were generally glazed within astragal mouldings and beading and these ornamental glazed doors could range from fairly plain to very elaborate.

One of the most impressive bookcases is the breakfront. These are large architectural pieces with broken pediments and moulded cornices, usually made from mahogany. They can be fully or half glazed with cupboards rather than bureaux underneath, usually with three or four sets of shelves, with the central set pushed forward or breaking the front of the piece.

Towards the end of the 18th century, designer decorators like Robert Adam incorporated furniture like the secretaire cabinet and secretaire bookcase into their general house design. The much lighter satinwood had become popular during this later period and Adam employed craftsmen and artists to decorate furniture with marquetry inlay or painted neoclassical motifs and garlands of flowers. Some pieces were very bright and colourful indeed.

Much Queen Anne, Georgian and Neoclassical furniture from the 18th century was revived during the Victorian era so there remains a good choice of well made, large and more compact antique bookcases in a variety of guises to choose from. These are very imposing pieces of furniture and make excellent investments for the budding antique collector, or for the general investor.

The author, Christian Davies, is a second generation antiques dealer and owner of Christian Davies Antiques, a family based antiques business based in Preston, Lancashire.
Christian has over 23 years experience in the antiques business and has a passion for genuine, high quality antiques furniture, such as antique bookcases, which he sources from the UK and Europe.

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LUXUS SOUNDMACHINE MIT INTEGRIERTER iPOD PLAYER + LADESTATION + UHR + PLL TUNER + SLEEP TIMER + WECKWIEDERHOLUNG UND BLAUEM DIGITAL DISPLAY NEU + OVP Keine Infos – Christine Schramm – Hessen
Hallo,

warum gibt es hier keine Infos zum Produkt? Da steht “Deutscher Hersteller” und es gibt auch einen Verweis auf eine Herstellerliste, aber nirgends erscheint der Name des Herstellers.

Was kann dieses Gerät?
Der Preis ist gut, aber auf Grund fehlender Informationen werde ich mich wohl für ein anderes Produkt entscheiden. Schade.

Eine Bewertung zu dem Produkt kann ich nicht abgeben – daher 3 Sterne für die Mitte, weil ich nicht weiß, ob gut oder schlecht.

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Luxus Soundmachine mit iPod-Ladestation inkl. PLL-Tuner + Uhr

iPod*-Player

• Play
• Pause
• Stopp
• Titelwiederholung
• Titelprogrammierung

Radio

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Weckfunktion

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• Weckwiederholung

Uhr

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Allgemeines

• iPod*-Ladefunktion
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• 2-fach Anzeige (Uhr-/Weckzeit, Radiofrequenz)
• AUX-IN inkl. Adapterkabel
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Stromversorgung

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Abmessungen

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