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Britain, or A chorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands adjoyning, out of the depth of antiqvitie: : beavtified with mappes of the severall shires of England
Camden, William (1551-1623); Holland, Philemon (1552-1637)
1637
This edition was issued by a number of publishers, each of whom had his own title-page. Other publishers include Andrew Heb., Joyce Norton, Richard Whitaker, George Latham and William Aspley. Cf. Whit...
L'Angleterre; ou, Description historique et topographique du Royaume Uni de la Grande-Bretagne (v.1-2)
Depping, G.-B (1784-1853); Perrot, A M (1793-1879)
1828
The maps are of the counties, in ones, twos, threes or fours, drawn by A.M. Perrot and engraved by Me. Migneret. The Welsh counties are in vol.1. The Scottish are in vol.2 and part of vol.3, which a...
L'Angleterre; ou, Description historique et topographique du Royaume Uni de la Grande-Bretagne (v.3-4)
Depping, G.-B (1784-1853); Perrot, A M (1793-1879)
1828
The maps are of the counties, in ones, twos, threes or fours, drawn by A.M. Perrot and engraved by Me. Migneret. The Welsh counties are in vol.1. The Scottish are in vol.2 and part of vol.3, which a...
L'Angleterre; ou, Description historique et topographique du Royaume Uni de la Grande-Bretagne (v.5-6)
Depping, G.-B (1784-1853); Perrot, A M (1793-1879)
1828
The maps are of the counties, in ones, twos, threes or fours, drawn by A.M. Perrot and engraved by Me. Migneret. The Welsh counties are in vol.1. The Scottish are in vol.2 and part of vol.3, which a...
An epitome of Mr. John Speed's Theatre of the empire of Great Britain, and of his Prospect of the most famous parts of the world : in this new edition are added, the descriptions of His Majesties dominions abroad, viz. New England, New York,... Carolina, Florida, ... Virginia, Maryland, ... Jamaica, Barbados, ... as also the empire of the Great Mogol, with the rest of the East Indies, ... the empire of Russia, with their respective descriptions
Speed, John (1552?-1629); Speed, John (1552?-1629); Speed, John (1552?-1629)
1676
In two parts, each with special t.p. Engraved special t.p. for first part reads: England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland described and abridged with ye historic relation of things worthy memory from a ...
Britannia depicta, or Ogilby improv'd; being a correct coppy of Mr. Ogilby's Actual survey of all ye direct & principal cross roads in England and Wales:... And to render this work universally usefull & agreeable, ... are added ... 1. A full & particular description & account of all the cities, borough-towns, towns-corporate ... By Ino. Owen ... 2. The arms of the peers of this realm ... 3. The arms of all ye bishopricks & deanaries, ... 4. The arms, & a succinct account of both universities & their respective colleges, ... Lastly particular & correct maps of all ye counties of South Britain; with a summary description of each county ... By Eman: Bowen engraver
Ogilby, John (1600-1676); Owen, John of the Middle Temple; Bowen, Emanuel (1767)
1724
Engraved throughout. - In the title, the words 'Ye 4th. edition.' are enclosed in square brackets. This issue of 1724 actually was the fourth edition. Subsequent issues, up to 1759, continued to be ...
A new and accurate description of all the direct and the principal cross roads in Great Britain
Paterson, Daniel (1738-1825)
1778
A particularly popular work which ran to eighteen editions. Cf. Whitaker: The Harold Whitaker Collection... Univ. of Leeds, 1947, p. 110. Errata at end of text.
A direction for the English traviller by which he shal be inabled to coast about all England and Wales. And also to know how farre any market or noteable towne in any shire lyeth one from an other, and whether the same be east, west, north, or south from ye shire towne : as also the distance betweene London, and any other shire or great towne: with the scituation thereof east, west, north, or south from London : by the help also of this worke one may know (in what parish, village, or mansion house soeuer he be in) what shires he is to passe through & which way he is to trauell till he come to the journies end
Simons, Matthew (1654)
1643
Foliation is irregular. Leaves 4-39 all consist of table of distance for an English county with a small map at bottom right hand corner. Twelve of the "Thumb-nail" maps remain but all the others h...
A direction for the English traviller by which he shal be inabled to coast about all England and Wales. And also to know how farre any market or noteable towne in any shire lyeth one from an other, and whether the same be east, west, north, or south from ye shire towne : as also the distance betweene London, and any other shire or great towne: with the scituation thereof east, west, north, or south from London : by the help also of this worke one may know (in what parish, village, or mansion house soeuer he be in) what shires he is to passe through & which way he is to trauell till he come to the journies end
Simons, Matthew (1654)
1643 [i.e. ca. 1668?]
Leaves 4-39 all consist of table of distance for an English county with a small map at bottom right hand corner. Possibly a reissue of ca. 1668. Cf. Brotherton Library annotation, Whitaker: The Haro...
Britannia, sive, Florentissimorum regnorum Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio : nunc postremò recognita, plurimis locis magna accessione adaucta, & chartis chorographicis illustrata
Camden, William (1551-1623); Hole, William (1624); Kip, William (1624); Bishop, George (fl. 1566-1611); Norton, John (1612)
1607
This is the sixth and last Latin edition of the Britannia published by Camden himself and the first with county maps. The maps are engraved from the surveys of Christopher Saxton, John Norden and Geor...
The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine : presenting an exact geography of the kingdomes of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the iles adioyning: with the shires, hundreds, cities and shire-townes, within ye kingdome of England divided and described
Speed, John (1552?-1629); Hondius, Jodocus (1563-1612); Camden, William (1551-1623)
1611
Contains 67 maps prepared by John Speed from the surveys of Saxton, Norden and others. They were engraved chiefly by Jodocus Hondius. Most of them bear the imprint of John Sudbury and George Humble, b...
Theatrum Imperii Magnae Britanniae; exactam regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae et insularum adiacentium geographiam ob oculos proponens: una cum comitatibus, centurijs, urbibus et primarijs comitatuum oppidis, intra regnum. Angliae, divisis et descriptis
Speed, John (1552?-1629); Holland, Philemon (1552-1637); Camden, William (1551-1623); Hondius, Jodocus (1563-1612)
Anno... 1616
Translated from John Speed's "The theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine" the text of which is largely taken from William Camden's Britannica. The maps are more or less unchanged from the edition o...