The itinerary of John Leland the antiquary (v.5-6)
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Type of record: Book
Title: The itinerary of John Leland the antiquary (v.5-6)
Other titles: Itinerarium Antonini Augusti
Classmark: YAS 0124
Creator(s): Leland, John (1506?-1552)
Additional creator(s): Hearne, Thomas (1678-1735) (Other); Plot, Robert (1640-1696) (Other); Vallans, William (fl. 1578-1590) (Other); Woodward, John (1665-1728) (Other); Fitzherbert, Nicholas (1550-1612) (Other); Brokesby, Francis (1637-1714) (Other); Fitzstephen, William (Other); Gale, Roger (1672-1744) (Other)
Publisher: Printed at the Theatre, for J. Fletcher and J. Pote
Publication city: Oxford
Date(s): 1770
Language: English
Size and medium: 9 volumes in 5
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/476485
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010188959705181
Collection group(s): Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
Description
Vol. 1 has both general and special t.-p., the latter dated 1768; v. 2-9 have special t.-p. only, dated 1769.
Several of the miscellaneous pieces have special t.-p.
Vol. 8, pt. 1, of the Itinerary, consists of appendices to the first 7 vols.
Title vignette; marginal notes.
Contents: v. 1. The laboriouse journey and serche of Johan Leylande for Englandes antiquitees, geven of hym as a newe yeares gyfte to King Henry the VIII. in the XXXVII yeare of his raygne. Itinerary, v. 1. A discourse concerning some antiquities lately found in Yorkshire.--v. 2. Naeniae in mortem Thomæ Viati... 1542. Nænia in mortem D. Henrici Duddelegi ... 1545. Itinerary, v. 2. An account of several antiquities in and about the University of Oxford. Oratio habita coram illustrissimo rege Henrico Septimo Cantabrigiæ. Dr Plot's account of his intended journey through England and Wales.--v. 3. Itinerary, v. 3. Antonini Iter britannicum. Index stationum latinus.--v. 4. A letter from Mr. Ralph Thoresby of Leeds to Dr Hans Sloane concerning some antiquities found in York-shire. Some remarks occasion'd by the foregoing letter. Itinerary, v. 4.-v. 5. A tale of two swannes, by W. Vallans. 1769. Itinerary, v. 5. A letter containing an account of some antiquities between Windsor and Oxford.
Contents: v. 6. Itinerary, v. 6. A letter from the Reverend Mr. Francis Brokesby to the publisher containing an account of some observations relating to the antiquities and natural history of England. An essay towards the recovery of the courses of the four great Roman ways [by Roger Gale]--v. 7. A letter from the Reverend Dr. White Kennett... to the publisher concerning a passage in the preface to the fourth volume of this work. The publisher's answer. De voce anglo-saxonica. Æstel dissertatio. Itinerary, v. 7. Appendix to v. 7, extracted out of the IIId. tome of his Collectanea.--v. 8. A discourse concerning the Stunsfield tessellated pavement. With some new observations about the Roman inscription that relates to the Bath Fabrica, and an account of the custom of the mannor of Woodstock. Itinerary, v. 8, pt. 2. An account of some Roman urns, and other antiquities, lately digg'd up near Bishops-gate [by J. Woodward] ... Oxford, 1769. Guilielmi Stephanidis Descriptio nobilissimæ civitatis Londoniæ.--v. 9. Genethliacon ... Eaduerdi, principis Cambiae ... 1543. Kukneion aisma [title transliterated]; cygnea cantio. 1545. Nicolai Fierberti Oxoniensis in Anglia academiae descriptio. Index to the eight volumes of Mr. Leland's Itinerary.
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