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Camden, William, 1551–1623

Britannia, or, A chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent : from the earliest antiquity

1806

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Britannia, or, A chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent : from the earliest antiquity /, The second edition, in four volumes, illustrated with maps, and other copper-plates, London : Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, by J. Nichols and Son, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, 1806, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
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  • Title(s)

    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 MCDVII ; enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Britannia
    Chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent
    Britannia. English

  • Edition

    The second edition, in four volumes, illustrated with maps, and other copper-plates

  • Published/Created

    London : Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, by J. Nichols and Son, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, 1806.

  • Physical Description

    4 volumes : illustrations, maps, plans, portrait, genealogical table ; 45 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    Folio A 2023 4
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

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  • Full Alma Record

    https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/9954044643408651

  • Classification

    Books

  • Notes

    Imprint varies: volume 3 printed by T. Bensley, volume 4 printed by S. Gosnell.
    Only volume 1 was edited by Richard Gough; volumes 3-4 were edited by John Nichols.
    The maps are engraved by John Cary.
    The maps are reprinted from Stockdale's New British atlas.
    Includes bibliographical references.
    Chubb, T. Printed maps in the atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, CCLXXII
    BAC Folio A 2023 4: Bound in contemporary calf. Autograph: Hopewell B. Morrell, March, 1857.

  • Subject Terms

    Great Britain -- Description and travel. |
    Ireland -- Description and travel. |
    Morrell, Hopewell B. -- Autograph.

  • Form/Genre

    Maps.

  • Contributors

    Cary, John, approximately 1754–1835, engraver. | Gough, Richard, 1735–1809, editor, translator. | Nichols, John, 1745–1826, editor. | Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814, publisher.

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