Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. The first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. It is the second oldest university press after Cambridge University Press, which was founded in 1534.
Matrices for casting type collected by Bishop Fell, part of his collection now known as the "Fell Types", shown in the OUP Museum
Oxford University Press building from Walton Street
Seven of the twenty volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation. It grew rapidly from 1167, when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled north-east to Cambridge where they established what became the University of Cambridge. The two English ancient universities share many common features and are jointly referred to as Oxbridge.
Aerial view of Merton College's Mob Quad, the oldest quadrangle of the university, constructed between 1288 and 1378
Balliol College, one of the university's oldest constituent colleges
An engraving of Christ Church, Oxford, 1742
Lady Margaret Hall, founded in 1878