Shelfmark
Gi.1.03 - Gi.1.06
Author
Title
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..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent; from the earliest antiquity
Edition
The second edition. / In four volumes. Illustrated with maps, and other copper-plates ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly; by J. Nichols and Son, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street., 1806..
Physical description
4 v. : ill., facsims., geneal. table, maps, plans ; 46 cm.
Note
Vol. 1: ccvi, 415, [29] p., [42] leaves of plates (14 folded) -- Vol. 2: iv, 518, [26] p., [35] leaves of plates (14 folded) -- Vol. 3: iv, 527, [31] p., [50] leaves of plates (16 folded - one a map of Monmouthshire not listed on p. iv.) -- Vol. 4: [2], iv, 570, [30] p., [33] leaves of plates (6 folded).
Note
Note errors in pagination and inserted additional textual (asterisked) leaves.
Note
Imprint varies: v. 3, by T. Bensley, v.4., by S. Gosnell.
Note
Maps reprinted from Stockdale's "New British atlas".
Note
Only v. l was edited by Richard Gough; v.3-4 were edited by John Nichols.
Citation/references note
Chubb, CCLXXII
Provenance
Ex dono label of Joseph Frederick Burrell, dated 1983, on front pastedowns; ex libris on first front flyleaf.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Charles E.H. Chadwyck Healey of Lincoln’s Inn on front pastedowns.
Binding
19th-century quarter-bound red and green morocco over paste/millboards. Covers decorated with blind roll separating the two colours of leather. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt rolls, fillets and titling ("Camden's Britannia - Gough."; "Vol. [I./II./III./IV.]"; "1806.") Textblock untrimmed. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; two flyleaves at the upper end of the textblock and three at the lower end.
Subject
Great Britain Antiquities.
Subject
Great Britain Description and travel.
Added entry--name
Gough, Richard, 1735 - 1809 editor.
Added entry--name
Nichols, John, 1745 - 1826 editor.
Added entry--name
Stockdale, John, 1749? - 1814 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Gosnell, Samuel printer.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Chadwyck-Healey, Charles E. H. (Charles Edward Heley), 1845 - 1919 Sir, former owner.
Added entry--name
J. Nichols and Son printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B51117