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Remaines, concerning Britaine: but especially England, and the inhabitants thereof. Their languages. Names. Surnames. Allusions. Anagrammes. Armories. Monies. Empreses. Apparell. Artillary. Wise speeches. Prouerbs. Poesies. Epitaphs.

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. Dedication signed: M.N., i.e. William Camden. Y7 is a cancel. The first leaf and the last leaf are blank. The "plate" is a folded letterpress sheet after page 344, "Vpon the death of Queene Anne, vvife of our soueraigne Lord King Iames", a reprint of William Swadon's "In obitum serenissimae principis, Annae, carmen funebre". Even when found separately (e.g. at the British Library Folger Shakespeare Library , and Harvard University) the sheet shows signs of folding and usually retains the instructions at the bottom for binding in after page 344--STC. Poem by Swadon identified as STC 23511 on UMI microfilm reel 1672. Signatures: A-X8 Y8(±Y7) Z4. A1, Z4, plate; Y7 mutilated and repaired, affecting text; dampstained; MS. ink annotations and marks throughout; MS. pencil notes on end fly leaf, C19th UK-SuSCL Cited in: STC (2nd ed.), 4523 STC (2nd ed.), 23511 Format of surrogate: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1974, 1984. 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm (Early English books, 1475-1640; 1341:10, 1672:12). Ownership and custodial history: From the library of Revd. Sidney Beisly (d. 1876, Beisly bequest, 1896 UK-SuSCL