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Published by Mary Matthews for Awnsham churchill. Sold By William Taylor, Pater-Noster Row, London, 1722
Seller: Theologia Books, La Charite sur Loire, France
Book
Folio. Condition: Good. Good copy, finely rebound in quarter leather with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. BUT MAPS REMOVED. Also removed is the section on Devonshire Frontis (William Camden), Dedication to the king (4pp), Preface (8pp), Preface to former edition (4pp), The Life of Mr. Camden (17pp), Mr. Camden's Preface (4pp), Ad Lectorem (7pp), Books & Treatises relating to the Antiquities of England (12pp), Antoninus's Itinerary through Britain (5pp).The General Heads of the Introduction and Counties of England (3pp), Britain (double column - cclxvii)), plates of coins and other illustrations. Size: Folio. cclxvii, 1p - 696p ( missing 29p - 52p - Devonshire).
Published by F. Collins for A. Swalle c. 1695, London, 1695
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Edition : First Edition. , Recent red half calf with red cloth boards. Flat spine with black morocco label with gilt text. , This is the preface ONLY (up to p. cxcvi). Britannia is a county-by-county description of Great Britain and Ireland. It is a work of chorography: a study that relates landscape, geography, antiquarianism, and history. Rather than write a history, Camden wanted to describe in detail the Great Britain of the present, and to show how the traces of the past could be discerned in the existing landscape. By this method, he produced the first coherent picture of Roman Britain.William Camden (1551 ? 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Annales, the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England. , Size : (382x240mm), Illustrated with double page map of England and various plates of coins. , References : Graesse II:24; Adams I:408; Sayle I:351; STC I:4507; Chubb CLVII; Shirley, British Library T.CAMD-5c, Edmund Gibson Title and frontis lacking, otherwise in very good condition.
Published by R. Ware and others, London, 1753
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 3rd Edn. Folio. cclxvii,695pp. Illus.,frontis. Volume I only, maps missing. Front cover detached,spine rubbed and leather cracked, lettering faded, covers rubbed and bumped, rear cover showing signs of damp and leather peeling from boards, bookplate on front pastedown, frontispiece detached attached to front cover, titlepage and first page of dedication detached together with tape reinforcement, page xlviii/xlvix of prelims detached, tone along gutter, affecting text, page 690/691 detached, chipped, rear hing tender. Tile page continues: "Written in Latin by William Camden, Clarenceux King at Arms: And Translated into English, with Additions and Improvements. Revised, igested and Published, with large Additions, by Edmund Gibson, D.D. Late Lord Bishop of London. The Third Edition. Illustrated with Maps of all the Counties and Prints of the British, Roman and Saxon Coins". Much marginalia. Inscribed Mary Ann Clapp on title. Book.
Published by London : printed for James and John Knapton [and 10 others], 1722
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Second Edition. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with gilt title to the spine. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; vol. II (only): unnumbered pages : ill., frontispiece ; fol. Subjects; Great Britain Description and travel. 3 Kg.
Published by London : printed for James and John Knapton [and 10 others], 1722
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Second Edition. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with gilt title to the spine. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; vol. II (only): unnumbered pages : ill., frontispiece ; fol. Subjects; Great Britain Description and travel. 3 Kg.
Published by London: printed for W. Bowyer [ect.], 1772
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Fourth Edition. Near fine set bound in quarter aniline calf over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the Central Reference Library of the London Borough of Lambeth Public Libraries with its bookplate. Physical description; two volumes; plates lacking, 10 plates remain. Subjects; Britannia. Great Britain. Ireland. Chorographical Descriptions. 4 Kg.
Published by London: printed for W. Bowyer [ect.], 1772
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Fourth Edition. Near fine set bound in quarter aniline calf over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the Central Reference Library of the London Borough of Lambeth Public Libraries with its bookplate. Physical description; two volumes; plates lacking, 10 plates remain. Subjects; Britannia. Great Britain. Ireland. Chorographical Descriptions. 4 Kg.
Published by R.Ware and Others, London, 1753
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
Book
Full-Leather. Condition: Good. Third Edition. 2 Volume Set. Unfortunately the Maps are Missing, but the plates with the Coins are present. Frontispiece has an engraved portrait of Camden, by R. White. Title Page printed in Black and Red. Text arrange in Double Columns. Contemporary Full Leather Bindings with 6 Raised Bands to spines, having Gilt Titles in 2nd Compartments. 15 3/4" Tall. Most pages in very good, clean condition, some have faint and even age darkening/browning. Some edge wear to leather and splits down sides of spines. (see photos) Set weighs 6.6 Kilos, so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more pictures, information or a Shipping Quote. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.
Published by James and John Knapton et al., London, 1722
Hardcover. Maps, engravings (illustrator). Folio. Two large volumes, in original full leather bindings. Title pages are printed in red and black, with an elegant full-page copper engraving of Camden as the frontispiece of the first volume. There are 50 double-page maps of the English counties, Ireland, Scotland, and 'the Islands'; six of the maps are folding. There are also twelve large full-page engravings, and numerous smaller engravings in the text. There is a comprehensive index and the errata page is present. A previous owner has reinforced the hinges with linen-like binding tape. The boards are quite worn and rubbed, but a competent bookbinder could restore both bindings. The contents are remarkable clean, with only occasional foxing, and a few stained pages. The maps, by the cartographer Robert Morden, and which are usually removed and sold individually, are all in excellent condition. Overall, a good set. William Camden (1551-1623) was an English antiquary and historian, who, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, travelled throughout England collecting material for 'Britannia', which was first published in 1586. Initially written in Latin, it is a survey of the British islands; its archaeology, geography, institutions, monetary system and inhabitants, 'chiefly intended for the instruction of foreigners' (or so Gibson states in his Preface to this edition). It was first translated into English in 1610, probably under Camden's direction (see Ency. Brit. 11th, vol. V, p. 101). Gibson's revision was first published in 1695. Our set is the undated 'Second Edition' but, by comparing particulars with available bibliographical resources, we believe it was published in 1722. Printing and the Mind of Man, 101.
Published by F. Collins for A. Swalle c. 1695, London, 1695
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Edition : First Edition. , Contemporary 18th century paneled calf boards, rebacked. Tooled ornamentation on covers. Spine in six compartments of raised bands. Gilt text on red morocco label on 2. Tooled decoration on 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Green pasted and free endpapers. , The edition attributed to this work is based upon pagination, collation, column numbering, and Churchill?s ad below the preface to the reader. Britannia is a county-by-county description of Great Britain and Ireland. It is a work of chorography: a study that relates landscape, geography, antiquarianism, and history. Rather than write a history, Camden wanted to describe in detail the Great Britain of the present, and to show how the traces of the past could be discerned in the existing landscape. By this method, he produced the first coherent picture of Roman Britain.William Camden (1551 ? 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Annales, the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England. , Size : Folio (382x237mm). , Plates are complete with frontispiece, 3 folding maps, 47 double page maps, 9 full page plates, 4 in-text engravings, 61 in-text illustrations, and numerous ornate woodblock initials. , References : Graesse II:24; Adams I:408; Sayle I:351; STC I:4507; Chubb CLVII; Shirley, British Library T.CAMD-5c, Edmund Gibson , P. Endpapers, blank, frontis, title, dedication, preface (5), the life of Mr. Camden (11), Mr. Camden?s Preface (3), to the readers (2), Catalogue (8), Britain (i-cxcvi), title, 1-1116, Preface to the Annals of Ireland (32), blank, endpapers. (Lacks pages 361-368 and 698. Pages 833-848 are counted as singular. Pages 1055-1056 are repeated but the count continues from the repeated pages without correcting itself.) Lacks a few leaves of text as described in the above pagination, leaves 357-359 defective. Otherwise generally in very good condition. Maps are clean and crisp.
Published by Mary Matthews, for Awnnsham Churchill, London, 1722
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Book
Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good. Robert Morden, Andrew Johnstone (illustrator). A very good copy of Camden's Britannia, revised by Edmund Gibson, and published in 2 volumes in contemporary full leather binding. Page edges pale yellow. With 51 maps (48 by Robert Morden and 3 by Andrew Johnstone), 9 plates of coins, 2 further full page plates and numerous illustrations in the text. The tree calf bindings have raised bands to spine and title and volume labels. There is some wear to edges and some scuffing to the boards - the back board of Vol I and the front board of Vol II. There is a small (2 cm approx) split at the top of the front spine joint in Vol I. There is no corresponding split internally and the board is firmly attached. The contents are generally in very good clean condition with the very occasional mark. Vol I: frontispiece; title page in red and black inks; Dedication 4pp; Preface 2pp; Mr Camden's Preface 4pp; Poems 1p; Ad Lectorum 6pp; Books and Antiquities 13pp; Antoninus Itinerary 6pp; General Heads 3pp; text and maps (double column) pp ii-cclxvii with 3 maps and 9 coin plates; half title - the Counties of England and Wales; text and maps pp 1-696 (double column counting) with 33 maps. The map of Kent has 2 small repaired tears at the bottom of the folds and has turned-over edges; the map of Essex has a small 1 cm hole (which looks like a paper flaw) affecting one word; the maps of Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire have slight staining to corners; and there is a grubby mark in the margin of p299. Vol II: title page in red and black inks; text (double column) pp 697-1107 with 11 maps and one full page plate; half title - The Union of England and Scotland; text pp 1113-1138; half title Scotland; 2 maps and text to p 1292; half title Ireland; map and text to p1424; half title The Smaller Islands; text to p 1526 and map; half title Appendix; text 46 pp (unpaginated); half title The Insertion made by Dr Holland 33pp; blank; Index 91pp; Errata 1p; Finis. There is some spotting to p 1442; a small hole in an index page; and some staining in the index.
Published by W. Boyer, W. Whiston, T. Davies, W. Strahan, et al., London, 1772
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Book
leather. Condition: Very Good. liii, 496; [ii], 485, [122] pages. Complete, with frontispiece portrait, 51 large folding maps by Robert Morden, 9 plates of coins, one plate of curiosities. Numerous in-text illustrations. Full contemporary leather; hinges, spine, and edges professionally repaired with dyed Japanese paper. New rear pastedown to vol. I and new rear free endpaper and pastedown to vol. II. Toning and offsetting to maps (from folds). A remarkably clean interior, with obtrusive foxing only to pages 68-73 in vol. II. A particular advantage to this issue is the folding (vs the double-page] map format, and superior paper than that of the 1722 edition. For a sampling of the extent of offsetting and toning to maps please inquire. Outside North America, please contact us for accurate shipping cost.