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Remaines concerning Britaine: their languages. Names. Surnames. Allusions. Anagrammes. Armories. Monies. Empreses. Apparell. Artillarie. Wise speeches. Proverbs. Poesies. Epitaphes. VVritten by VVilliam Camden Esquire, Clarenceux, King of Armes, surnamed the learned.

General note: Originally published in 1605 as: Remaines of a greater worke, concerning Britaine, the inhabitants thereof, their languages, names, surnames, empreses, wise speeches, poeêsies, and epitaphes. With a final contents leaf; the last leaf is blank. A variant of the edition with imprint date 1636. Signatures: A-3H4. A1 (ill.) and 3H4 (blank); cropped, occasionally affecting pagination numbers UK-SuSCL Cited in: STC (2nd ed.), 4526 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1974. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Early English books, 1475-1640; 1341:12). Ownership and custodial history: Provenance: MS. ink signature on t.p.: "Pattr.[?] Hamilton"; MS. ink note on C19th card attached inside front board: "To the Memorial Library. Presented by E.S. Dodgson The Burlington Burnham Somer:"; MS. pencil note inside front board: "Gift of E.S. Dogson Esq. brother of the author of "Alice in wonderland"; MS. ink note on back fly leaf: "To the Library of the Shakespeare Memorial in Stratford-on-Avon, from Edward S. Dogson, of Jesus College in Oxford, this 23rd of September, 1918", transferred to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. UK-SuSCL