A majestic two-sheet view of the Bodleian buildings from Broad Street

A scarce prospect of the Bodleian buildings from Broad Street, with the heraldry of illustrious people (e.g., John Selden and Kenelm Digby). Showing the Charendon Building, the Sheldonian Theatre and the Old Ashmolean Building (now the History of Science Museum). Behind are the Old Bodleian Library, Divinity School and Convocation House. Along Broad Street is a procession of college officialsin academic dress and students. Above the prospect are eight armorials, including those of the University, John Selden and Kenelm Digby. Some the sides are elevations of the Bodleian Library, the church of St Mary the Virgin and the rear of the Sheldonian Theatre, and a groundplan of the building complex. This was the largest folding plate in 'Oxonia depicta sive collegiorum et aularum' by Welsh engraver William Williams. It was an attempt to update David Loggan’s 'Oxonia illustrata', which had been published 60 years earlier.