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
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3054198
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiii,[1],166,127,[1]p., plates . ill.., maps . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on flyleaf in Norris's hand: Dropmore House 1939 2/- [Dropmore House, Buckinghamshire, seat of William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759-1834) Prime Minister]. Loosely inserted: slip of manuscript notes by Norris. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf over boards; gilt fillets; gilt spine tools; brown leather spine label with title 'Description of Britain by R. of Cirencester'.
Makers and roles
Charles Julius Bertram (1723-1765) Richard of Cirencester (d.1401) Henry Hatcher (1777-1846) Thomas Leman (1751-1826)