Early edition of Camden's Britannia 1590
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Author: Camden, William
Title: Britannia, sive florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et Insularum Adiacentium ex intima antiquitate Chorographica descriptio
Place Published: Frankfurt
Publisher:Apud Ioannem Wechelum
Date Published: 1590
Description:
Author: Camden, William
Title: Britannia, sive florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et Insularum Adiacentium ex intima antiquitate Chorographica descriptio
Place Published: Frankfurt
Publisher:Apud Ioannem Wechelum
Date Published: 1590
Description:
[16], 762, [22] pp. (with final page a blank). Title-page printed in red & black with woodcut vignette; p.[673]-762 with separate title, "Hiberniae, et Insularum Britanniae..." (8vo) 19x11.5 cm (7½x4½"), period calf over wooden boards stamped in gilt, rebacked with old calf, metal hinges but straps not present.
Early edition of the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, following the 1586 first edition.
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Minor cover wear, rubbing to spine; some light foxing and aging within, a few marginal dampstains; very good.
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Early edition of Camden's Britannia 1590
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