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
1806
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3034210.9.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
Second edition. v. 1, pp. 129-164 (Wiltshire) : ill., maps, ports. ; fol. Extra-illustrated. Pencil number and bookseller's note on front pastedown. Nineteenth-century manuscript index. Loosely inserted: Britton's "An essay towards a history and description of Malmsbury Abbey Church, Wiltshire" (London, 1806). (Offprint from Britton's "The architectural antiquities of Great Britain", v.1); the plan and 6 plates detached and loosely inserted at p. 141 (covering Malmesbury). 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)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half green morocco, marbled paper over boards; spines lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Wilts'.
Makers and roles
William Camden (1551 - 1623), author Richard Gough (1735-1809), translator