Britannia : or, a chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent; from the earliest antiquity. / By William Camden. Translated from the edition published by the author in MDCVII. Enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough. The second edition. In four volumes. Illustrated with maps, and other copper-plates.
William Camden (1551 - 1623)
Category
Books
Date
1717 - 1806
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3034210
Summary
Bibliographic description
Second edition. 4 v. : ill., maps, ports. ; fol. Extra-illustrated. 4 v. bound in 44. Imperfect: 10 v. only. Title pages and indexes to vols. 2-4 bound at end of vol. 1, pp. [i]-ccvi and index. "Vol I" in pencil on front free endpaper of vol. 1, pp. [i]-ccvi and index. Pencil note on rear pastedown of vol. 3, pp. 39-63 (Cheshire): "Extra illustrated 4 vols. in 43 + 1 [illegible] [1 Last?] Plate in all 44 parts. ex/-/-". Pencil numbers and bookseller's notes on front pastedowns of all vols. except the first vol. (vol. 1, pp. [i]-ccvi and index). Nineteenth-century manuscript index in each vol. except the first (vol.1, pp. [i]-ccvi and index). Ephemera: maps, plates and newspaper cuttings loosely inserted, except in the last vol. (vol. 2, pp. 175-209 (Norfolk)). Loosely inserted in vol. 3, pp. 65-90 (Hereford): "Proposals for publishing by subscription The history of the city of Hereford." ([London, 1717]) (ESTC N492876). Loosely inserted in vol. 1, pp. 129-164 (Wiltshire): "An essay towards a history and description of Malmsbury Abbey Church, Wiltshire" (London, 1806). Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)] on front pastedown in all vols. Pencil note on front pastedown of vol. 2, pp. 175-209 (Norfolk): "These 9 volumes bought by Fairhaven January 20th 1937. [Park Lane?]" [i.e. Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half green morocco, marbled paper over boards; spines lettered direct (gilt tooled) according to contents, variously: 'Britain', 'Surrey', 'Warwick & Worcester', 'Chester', 'Herts & Huntingdon', 'Suffolk', 'Cambridge', 'Hereford', 'Wilts', 'Norfolk'; printed paper label pasted onto upper board of vol. 2, pp. 443-493 (Warwickshire & Worcestershire): 'Warwick & Worcester'; printed paper label pasted onto upper board of vol. 2, pp. 151-174 (Suffolk): 'Suffolk'; printed paper label pasted onto upper board of vol. 2, pp. 211-245 (Cambridgeshire): 'Cambridge'.
Makers and roles
William Camden (1551 - 1623), author Richard Gough (1735-1809), translator