A comment upon part of the fifth journey of Antoninus through Britain; . in which the situation of Durobrivae, the seventh station there mentioned, is discussed; and Castor, in Northamptonshire, is shewn, ... to have an undoubted claim to that situation. Also, a dissertation on an image of Jupiter found there. Printed from the original manuscript
Kennet Gibson (1730-1772)
Category
Books
Date
1819
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 3010742
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi,190p., [12] leaves of plates: . ill.., geneal. table, plan, port.. . .. Shelved (and uniform with vols. 1-9) as vol. 10 of 'Bibliotheca topographica Britannica'. Manuscript note in pencil on front fly-leaf: "This copy is perfect in every respect and corresponds with the collation in Upcott's Topography, ...". Bound with 4 other miscellaneous antiquarian tracts.. Binding: Nineteenth-century smoothed red goatskin binding; double gilt fillet border; gilt dotted roll pattern on board edges; gilt fillets, stamps, title, vol. no. and contents on spine. Marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Kennet Gibson (1730-1772) Richard Gough (1735-1809)