Britannia

London: printed by Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, and sold by William Taylor, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1722. Full Calf. Fine. A pinnacle of English scholarship, the first comprehensive topographical survey of Great Britain, complete in two tall folio volumes, mainly printed in two numbered columns: [66]pp,cclxviii columns,[2]pp,696 columns; [2],697-1526 columns,[176, appendices, index and errata]pp, with copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of… Read more about this item

London: John Nichols, for T. Payne and Son, and G.G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789. First edition of expanded Richard Gough translation. Three folio volumes (16 3/4 x 10 3/8 inches; 426 x 262 mm). viii, [2], xxii, [4], viii, cxlix, [1, blank], 351, [1, blank], [38]; [6], 598, [42]; [6], 760, [54] pp. With frontispiece portrait and 154… Read more about this item

London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1806. Hardcover. Second edition of the Gough translation. Four volumes. Large folio. Half vellum and marbled papercovered boards, leather spine labels. Modest wear to the extremities, scattered foxing in each volume, light tidemarks to the margins of a few plates. A very handsome and imposing set. 57 maps, many folding (including a folding chart);… Read more about this item

London : Printed for J. Stockdale, 1806. 2nd Edition in this form. Hardback. Very good copies in a modern binding of aniline calf-backed green cloth. Gilt-blocked and bordered leather labels to spines. Spine bands are slightly worn, with some light rubbing and dulling to panel edges. Provenance: From the library of John Coales with his bookplate to front pastedown.… Read more about this item

1722 William Camden Britannia Britain MAPS Coins Queen Elizabeth STONEHENGE 2v "The early bird gets the worm." – William Camden An exceedingly rare and valuable 1722 second edition of William Camden's 'Britannia' translated and edited by Edmund Gibson. This work is considered one the greatest achievements of English scholarship and is the first topographical survey of Great Britain! Camden first published this book… Read more about this item

London: R. Ware and P. Knapton, 1753. 2 vols. Folio. 23.5 x 38 cm. 19th Century half-crushed morocco, a little rubbed....Vol. 1: Engraved frontispiece folding map of Scotland. Unpaginated front matter of about 50pp; followed by Britain: i-cclxvii; followed by Counties of England and Wales, [2], 1-324 with mispagination. . .Vol. 2: Pagination begins at 698 and… Read more about this item

London : printed for James and John Knapton [and 10 others], 1722. Second Edition. Hardcover. 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 —… Read more about this item

"Britannia". 1st Ed was 1586, by William Camden (Guilielmo Camdeno). This is the 1st German Ed, 3rd of all editions. Spine rebound mid 1800's, keeping the original board leather (see pictures). Last pg of the index was adhered to the back cover (see picture). Damp marks are on the edges of some pages, but does not get to the printing.… Read more about this item

Georg Olms. Used - Like New. 1970. Hardcover. Cloth. 4to. 860 pp. Gilt title to spine and front boards. Reprint of the London edition of 1607. Fine.

Hildesheim, Olms, 1970, Reprografischer Nachdruck der Ausgabe London 1607. Used - Very Good. 1970. Cloth, octavo, 860 pp with index. facsimile reprint from the 1607 London edition. Modest shelf wear. (Subject: England.)

London: James and John Knapton, John Darby et Alios, 1730. New and Expanded Edition. hardcover. Very good. Two volumes, folios, full calf. Illustrated with 10 copperplates and 51 maps; frontispiece engraving of Camden by R. White; maps of England and the Counties by Robert Morden. The self-described Second Edition. This classic of the United Kingdom was translated from… Read more about this item

London: Mary Matthews, 1722. Second. hardcover. very good(+). 51 black & white double page and folded copper engraved maps by Robert Morden, engraved frontispiece portrait of William Camden by R. White, 10 plates and numerous text illustrations. 2 volumes, rubricated titles, folio, rebacked original calf boards (quite rubbed and chipped), small ex-libris plate in each volume. London:… Read more about this item

Paperback. Very Good.

London: printed for John Stockdale. 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 [complete in 4 volumes]: Translated from the edition published by the author in MDCVII, enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough. Period three-quarter leather in very good condition.… Read more about this item

LONDON, 1637. THE 8 PAGE EXTRACT ON DERBYSHIRE. NICELY BOUND IN MODERN GREEN CLOTH, GILT TITLES TO FRONT BOARD, NEW ENDPAPERS. FIRST TRANSLATION FROM THE LATIN, PROBABLY BY PHILEMON HOLLAND. QUARTO.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Georg Olms , 1970. Hardcover. As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. (ix), 860 +24pp indexes. Facsimile reprint of 1607 edition George Bishop, Printer London. Anglistica & Americana series. Text in Latin.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions, 2010-06-10. Paperback. Good.

Gale ECCO, Print Editions, 2010-06-10. Paperback. Good.