Britannia, volume the first: or, An illustration of the kingdom of England and dominion of Wales:
John Ogilby (1600-1676)
Category
Books
Date
1675
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 3050805
Summary
Bibliographic description
[26],200,[4]p., [102] leaves of maps (most folded) . ill.., maps . fol... Provenance: Label in red: Scotney Castle Lamberhurst. - Scotney Castle catalogue, 1855. - Printed paper pastedown: 'Given me by the most Noble Prince Henry Duke of Beaufort, Marquis and Earl of Worcester, Earl of Glamorgan, Baron Herbert of Chepstow, Ragland and Gower'. - Armorial bookplate; printed alongside: 'Benj. Cole'. Inscribed in ink on front free-endpaper: 'R Grove / 1756'. Also: the text of the pastedown reproduced in ink concluding '. December 22. 1761', and the name 'Benj. Cole' in an elaborate hand.. Binding: Seventeenth-century mottled calf, rebacked, brown spine-label, gold-lettered.
Makers and roles
John Ogilby (1600-1676)