Author
Camden, William, 1551-1623.
Title
Britannia, siue Florentissimorum regnorum Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio: nunc postremò recognita, plurimis locis magna accessione adaucta, & chartis chorographicis illustrata. Guilielmo Camdeno authore.
Varying form of title
Britannia, sive Florentissimorum regnorum Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, et insularum adjacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio
Imprint
Londini : [printed by Eliot's Court Press] impensis Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, M.DC.VII. [1607]
Physical description
[16], 133, [2], 134-143, [2], 144-153, [2], 154-159, [2], 160-175, [2], 176-187, [2], 188-201, [2], 202-211, [2], 212-219, [2], 220-229, [2], 230-338 [i.e. 348], 347-423, [2], 424-430, [3], 432-436, [3], 438-578, 577-860, [24] p., folded plate : ill., maps (metal cuts, woodcuts) ; 4⁰.
Note
The first word of the title is enclosed in a woodcut frame.
Note
Identification of printer from STC.
Note
With an additional title page, engraved, signed: Gulielmus Hole sculpsit.
Note
Most of the plates are signed by William Hole or William Kip.
Note
Signatures: [fleuron]-2[fleuron]⁴ A-L⁶ M² ²M⁴ N² ²N⁴ O² ²O⁴ P⁶ Q⁴ R⁴ ²R² S⁶ T² ²T⁴ V² ²V² X⁴ ²X² Y⁴ Z⁶
Note
Signatures continued: 2A-2B⁶ 2C² 2D⁴ 2E² 2F⁴ 2G² 2H-2M⁴ 2N² 2O⁴ 2P² 2Q⁴ 2R-2Z² 3A² chi1 3B⁴ 3C-3E² 3F-3G⁴ 3H-3I² 3K⁶ 3L-3M² 3N⁴ 3O-3X² 3Y-3Z⁴ 4A-4C² 4D⁴ 4E-4F² 4G⁴ 4H² 4I⁴ 4K⁶ 4L⁴ 4M² 4N⁶ 4O⁴ 4P-4Q² 4R-4S⁴ 4T² 4V⁴ 4X⁶ 4Y-4Z⁴ 5A-5E⁶ 5F⁴ 5G-5R⁶ 5S-5V⁴ (with many missignings, especially with the repeated letters).
Note
Includes indexes.
Note
P. 438 misnumbered 338.
Note
Variant: title page line 9 has "Tabulis" rather than "Chartis".
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.), 4508
Reproduction note
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms International, 1961. 1 microfilm reel; 35mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 878:1).
Subject
1473-1640 local
Subject
Great Britain (Place) Antiquities Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain (Place) Description and travel Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Hole, William, -1624, engraver.
Added entry--name
Kip, William, -1624, engraver.
Added entry--place
Great Britain England London.
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