The description of Britain, translated from Richard of Cirencester [or rather from a forgery by C.J. Bertram]: . with the original treatise De situ Britanniæ; and a commentary on the itinerary; illustrated with maps.
Charles Julius Bertram (1723-1765)
Category
Books
Date
1809
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3054196
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiii,[1],166,127,[1]p., plates . ill.., maps . 8vo.. Old pressmark: H.2. Interleaved with blanks containing manuscript sketches and notes, including one on the authenticity of the work on blank before p.xix. The maps are not bound according to the instructions to the binder. The map of Roman roads is pasted on linen with a list of corrections pasted onto the back.
Makers and roles
Charles Julius Bertram (1723-1765) Richard of Cirencester (d.1401) Henry Hatcher (1777-1846) Thomas Leman (1751-1826)