Britannia, siue, Florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica desciptio

Author

Guilielmo Camdeno [William Camden]

Title

Britannia, siue, Florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica desciptio

Date

1587

Place

Londini [London (England)]

Publisher

Per Radulphum Newbery

Language

Latin

Edition

Nunc denuo recognita [et] plurimis locis adaucta. --

Note

OTHER:

Price on slip reads L350.

PROVENANCE:

Nine owners, including Bulkely, identified. Mr Stewart, Isle of Man (bookplate), J.G. E. Hopkins (bookplate), Eric Sexton F.S.A. (small bookplate), S. Louise Lagden, N.Y. City (Inscription), John Lillie (inscription), WBaynting - Gray's Inn (inscription); Centre of Ref. and Ren. Hoeniger Book Fund (bookplate).

CONDITION:

Wormed throughout, bottom left near gutter.

MS NOTES:

Some m.s. throughout.

INSCRIPTION:

Author's presentation copy, inscribed: "Liber Edwardi Bulkelei ex dono ipsius authoris G. Camdeni amicus multis nominibus mihi carissimi." Edward Bulkely, prebandary of Lichfield (Camden's hometown).

BINDING:

Binding is a later 19th cent. brown leather. Spine reads Camdeni Britannia Londini 1587

FORMAT:

[14], 648, [20] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo). A8 - Vv8, separate t.p. at Oo1 [$4, -A1]

Library Catalog

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Num Pages

698

Call Number

DA610 .C16 1587

Item Type

Book

Files

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Collection

Citation

William Camden, “Britannia, siue, Florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica desciptio,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed November 5, 2024, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/7826.