3
id.
Eng. by Gibson.
2. v.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 18. no. 76, Cambden’s Britannia, Eng. by Gibson, 2 v fol.
CAMDEN,
William.
Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the adjacent Islands. Written in
Latin by William Camden, Clarenceux, King at Arms: and Translated into
English, with Additions and Improvements. Revised, Digested, and Published, with large Additions, by Edmund Gibson, D.D. Late Lord Bishop of London. The
Third Edition. Illustrated with Maps of all the Counties, and Prints of the British, Roman, and Saxon Coins. Vol. I [II].
London: Printed for
R. Ware,
J. and P. Knapton,
T. Longman [and others],
1753.
DA610 .C17
2 vol. Folio. vol. I, 275 leaves, engraved portrait frontispiece of William Camden by R. White; vol. II, 297 leaves; titles printed in red and black, numerous engraved double-page maps, plates of coins, etc., wood-cut
illustrations and ornaments, text in double columns. Sigs. N to P in vol. I contain a list of
Books and Treatises relating to the Antiquities of England.
Edmund Gibson, 1669-1748, bishop of London, was for a time librarian at Lambeth. His first edition of Camden’s
Britannia was published in 1695.
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Horsley’s Britannia.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 77, as above.
HORSLEY,
John.
Britannia Romana: or the Roman Antiquities of Britain: in Three Books. The I. Contains the History of all the Roman Transactions
in Britain . . . II. Contains a compleat Collection of the Roman Inscriptions and Sculptures . . . III. Contains the Roman
Geography of Britain . . . To which are added, A Chronological Table, and Indexes to the Inscriptions and Sculptures after
the manner of Gruter and Reinesius. Also Geographical Indexes both of the
Latin and
English names of the Roman places in Britain, and a General Index to the work. The whole illustrated with above an hundred Copper
Plates. By John Horsley M. A. and F. R. S.
London: Printed for
John Osborn and
Thomas Longman,
1732.
DA145 .H81
First Edition. Folio. 302 leaves, engraved headpiece by Vander Gucht, 105 copperplate engravings of maps, inscriptions, etc.
John Horsley, 1685-1732, English archaeologist. The dedication of this work to Sir Richard Ellys is dated from Morpeth, Jan. 2, 1731/2;
the author died on January 12, 1731/32, the day before the publication of the book.
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Monumenta Anglicana.
4. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 19. no. 23, as above.
LE NEVE,
John.
Monumenta Anglicana: being Inscriptions on the Monuments of several eminent persons deceased in or since the Year 1650, to
the end of the Year 1679
