William and Camden / BRITANNIA.. OR CHOROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION 1789

Description: BRITANNIA... OR, A CHOROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE FLOURISHING KINGDOMS OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND, AND THE ISLANDS ADJACENT; FROM THE EARLIEST ANTIQUITY. TRANSLATED FROM THE EDITION PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR IN MDCVII. ENLARGED BY THE LATEST DISCOVERIES, BY RICHARD GOUGH, F.A. & R. SS...ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS, AND OTHER COPPER-PLATES. VOLUME THE THIRD. [VOLUME III ONLY] Author: Camden, William and translated by Richard Gough Title: BRITANNIA... OR, A CHOROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE FLOURISHING KINGDOMS OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND, AND THE ISLANDS ADJACENT; FROM THE EARLIEST ANTIQUITY. TRANSLATED FROM THE EDITION PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR IN MDCVII. ENLARGED BY THE LATEST DISCOVERIES, BY RICHARD GOUGH, F.A. & R. SS...ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS, AND OTHER COPPER-PLATES. VOLUME THE THIRD. [VOLUME III ONLY] Publication: London, England: Printed by John Nichols, for T. Payne and Son, Castle-Street, St. Martin's; and G.G.J. and J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row, 1789 Description: Hardcover. Folio, 17 1/4 in. x 11 in. Volume III only (British Isles section): 760+pp. pp. [xi], 1-260, 257*-258*, 261-414. 414*-417*, 415-457, 460-484, 481*-488*, 485**-488**, 489-656, 661-665, 658-659, 668-672, 669-760, [54]. 49 plates, 17 maps, many in text illustrations. Three quarter black pebble leather over black cloth boards, moderately scuffed. Five raised bands, double ruled in gilt with decorative gilt tooling along bands. Gilt lettering "Camden's Britannia" and "Scotland and Ireland" to two panels. Leather starting to peel in two corners of one panel. Wear to top and bottom of spine. Rubbing to extremities. Recent reconstituting to corners. Army and Navy Club armorial bookplate to front paste down. Titlepage reattached, 2 closed tears to inner margin, one non-professionally repaired with tape, text unaffected. Club stamp to bottom of titlepage. Pages lightly tanned with occasional soiling and spotting, mostly in margins. **Please note that the present copy is only Volume III, that portion of Camden's masterpiece pertaining to England, Scotland, Ireland and Adjacent Islands. Very Good. The historian, antiquarian, and topographer William Camden's (1551-1623) magisterial Britannia was a landmark work of British chorography. First published in Latin in 1586, Britannia provided the first topographical and historical survey of Great Britain and Ireland. Camden began the project in 1577 with the encouragement of the great geographer, Abraham Ortelius. Camden travelled throughout Britain and Ireland to conduct field research, drawing on a wide gamut of documentary and material sources. His innovation lay in his multidisciplinary approach--he incorporated written records, inscriptions, monuments, topography, archeological remains, mythology, numismatics, philology, and linguistics in an attempt to capture pre-Roman British history. Herendeen writes, "the Britannia had an enormous and lasting impact on multidisciplinary historical writing, and was also of the highest importance as a cultural icon affecting the national self-image" (ODNB). The 1789 Gough translation is one of the major editions of Camden's Britannia. It was an original translation of the 1607 Latin edition, the last edition enlarged by Camden himself. Seller ID: 85956 Aardvark Rare Books Eugene, OR We work hard to make your Bookbuying Experience safe, easy and fun. Aardvark Books is a proud member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America) and IOBA, Independent Online Booksellers Association. Ezra is also an accredited and Qualified Appraiser of Books and Manuscripts, with a designation from the ASA (American Society of Appraisers), with considerable Archive experience as well. Shipping All books shipped to US destinations are sent via the US Postal Service. Faster shipping is available, please ask before paying. We will combine shipping on items purchased at the same time in order to help reduce costs. International shipping is also available. Please inquire for a shipping quote before ordering.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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