Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733), after David Loggan (1634–1692)

The Divinity School, University of Oxford

Engraving (1727)

12 x 16 cm

An eighteenth-century view of Oxford’s medieval Divinity School, which was once the beating heart of theological studies at the University. The scene is engraved by Pieter van der Aa after David Loggan, the noted engraver, draughtsman, and painter. Of particular interest here is the trompe l’oeil piece of torn paper which frames the Divinity School view.

Pieter van der Aa of Leiden was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases, though he also printed editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. He is noted for the many engravings he produced after David Loggan’s series of Oxford and Cambridge colleges and costumes. In 1727 Van Der Aa illustrated “Les Delices de la Grande Bretagne & de L’Irelande” by James Beeverell, the book in which this engraving appears.

Condition: a good impression.

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