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Book, atlas, 3 tooled leather bound volumes, Britannia, or A Chorographical
Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by
William Camden, 1586, translated from Latin by Richard Gough, published London,
1789.
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The frontispiece is an engraved portrait of William Camden, from the painting by
Marcus Gherrardis, by Loder, engraved by James Basire, 1789; there is a life of
Camden, general historical text and then the countries are dealt county by
county arranged in groups by the british tribes, the text including notes about
archaeology and natural science; Hampshire comes in the section for the Belgae;
the maps included in the volumes are by John Cary and E Noble.
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Each volume has the bookplate of George Weare, Broomwell House.
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The maps are catalogued individually.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title page
BRITANNIA: / OR, A / CHOROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION / OF / THE FLOURISHING
KINGDOMS OF / ENGLAND, / SCOTLAND, / AND / IRELAND, / AND THE ISLANDS ADJACENT;
/ FROM THE EARLIEST ANTIQUITY. / BY WILLIAM CAMDEN. / TRANSLATED FROM / THE
EDITION PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR IN MDCVII. / ENLARGED BY THE LATEST DISCOVERIES,
/ BY RICHARD GOUGH, F.A. & R.SS. / IN THREE VOLUMES. / ILLUSTRATED WITH / MAPS,
AND OTHER COPPER-PLATES. ... LONDON: / PRINTED BY JOHN NICHOLS, / FOR T. PAYNE
AND SON, CASTLE-STREET, ST. MARTIN'S; / AND G. G. J. AND J. ROBINSON,
PATER-NOSTER-ROW. / MDCCLXXXIX.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bookplate
BELLO AC PACE PARATUS / George Weare Braikenridge / BROOMWELL HOUSE
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dimension:- |
wxh = 27.5x44.5cm |
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Map Group -- Camden 1789
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