Camden's Britannia abridg'd : with improvements, and continuations, to this present time. To which are added, exact lists of the present nobility of England, Scotland, and Ireland: also a valuation of all ecclesiastical preferments at the end of each county. With many useful additions. The whole carefully perform'd, and illustrated with above sixty maps exactly engraven (v.2)
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Title: Camden's Britannia abridg'd : with improvements, and continuations, to this present time. To which are added, exact lists of the present nobility of England, Scotland, and Ireland: also a valuation of all ecclesiastical preferments at the end of each county. With many useful additions. The whole carefully perform'd, and illustrated with above sixty maps exactly engraven (v.2)
Other titles: Britannia
Classmark: Modern History P-0.08/CAM
Creator(s): Camden, William (1551-1623)
Additional creator(s): Telle, Reinier (1578-1618) (Other); Seller, John (fl. 1658-1698) (Other)
Related people: Telle, Reinier; Seller, John
Publisher: Printed by J.B[rockwell] for Joseph Wild
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1701
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 v
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/233980
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991012825449705181
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A translation of Regnerus Vitellius' Latin epitome of the Britannia published in 1617, as appears from the Preface, in which it is stated that "the maps are taken from the Plates of the late Ingenious Mr. Seller, Hydrographer to King Charles II, King James II, and His present Majesty". Cf. Whitaker: The Harold Whitaker Collection... Univ. of Leeds, 1947, p. 39.
Chubb CXX.
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