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Britain, or A chorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the ilands adjoyning, out of the depth of antiquitie: beautified vvith mappes of the severall shires of England: vvritten first in Latine by William Camden Clarenceux K. of A. Translated newly into English by Phile´mon Holland Doctour in Physick: finally, revised, amended, and enlarged with sundry additions by the said author.

  • Accession number

    81057067

  • Class

    SR - OS - 87.1/

  • Language

    English

  • Physical description

    [16], 822, 233, [59] p., [50] plates, mostly folded : ill., maps ; 2°.

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General note: A translation of: Britannia. A variant of the editions with "A. Heb" (STC 4510), "Joyce Norton and R. Whitaker" (STC 4510.2), "A. Crooke" (STC 4510.4), or "W. Aspley" (STC 4510.6) in the imprint. Printer's names from STC (cf. STC 4510). "Scotland" has a divisional title and separate pagination. Within this, "Ireland, and the smaller ilands in the British Ocean" has a divisional title; register is continuous. Includes indexes. Signatures: [pi]8 A-3Y6 [chi]1 4a-5b6[-5B6]; [pi]1-3 detached and reattached; some maps detached and reattached UK-SuSCL Cited in: STC (2nd ed.), 4510.8 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1983. 1 microfilm reel: 35mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 1626:01). Ownership and custodial history: MS. ink signatures pasted in inside front board and on first free endpaper verso of Thomas Beach, on first free endpaper recto of R.H. Whitehurst 1803; armorial bookplate of Thomas Beach C18th; deposited by the RSC UK-SuSCL Binding Information: Modern 1/2 leather goatskin (bound by Maltby, Oxford, gold tooled inside back board; 1967 in MS. pencil above) UK-SuSCL