Britannia, or, A chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent (v.3)
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Type of record: Book
Title: Britannia, or, A chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent (v.3)
Other titles: Britannia
Classmark: Large Channel Islands Collection A-0.2/CAM
Creator(s): Camden, William (1551-1623)
Additional creator(s): Gough, Richard (1735-1809) (Other)
Related people: Gough, Richard
Publisher: Printed by John Nichols
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1789
Language: English
Size and medium: 3 v
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/230721
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991012606009705181
Description
This is Gough's translation of the 1607 edition of Camden's Britannia, with 60 maps drawn by E. Noble and engraved by John Cary. The maps were reprinted in Stockdale's New British Atlas, 1805--Whitaker: The Harold Whitaker Collection... Univ. of Leeds, 1947, p. 56.
Additional description
Consists of pp. 695-760 only, including the section on the Channel Islands, pp. 747-754, and a map, between pp. 704 & 705. Bound in paper, with a printed note From Wm. Camden's Britannia and a manuscript note Richard Gough's edition, 1789
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