Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Camden, William, 1551-1623

Title:

Britannia, or, A chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent : from the earliest antiquity / by William Camden ; translated from the edition published by the author in MCDVII ; enlarged by the latest discoveries, by Richard Gough.

Alternate Title(s):

Britannia

Edition:

The second edition, in four volumes, illustrated with maps, and other copper-plates

Published / Created:

London : Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, by J. Nichols and Son, Red Lion Passage, Fleet Street, 1806.

Physical Description:

4 volumes : illustrations, maps, plans, portrait, genealogical table ; 45 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2023 4
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Imprint varies: volume 3 printed by T. Bensley, volume 4 printed by S. Gosnell.

Only volume 1 was edited by Richard Gough; volumes 3-4 were edited by John Nichols.

The maps are engraved by John Cary.

The maps are reprinted from Stockdale's New British atlas.

Includes bibliographical references.

Chubb, T. Printed maps in the atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, CCLXXII

BAC Folio A 2023 4: Bound in contemporary calf. Autograph: Hopewell B. Morrell, March, 1857.

Subject Terms:

Great Britain -- Description and travel. | Ireland -- Description and travel. | Morrell, Hopewell B. -- Autograph.

Form/Genre:

Maps.

Contributors:

Gough, Richard, 1735–1809, editor, translator. | Nichols, John, 1745–1826, editor. | Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814, publisher. | Cary, John, approximately 1754–1835, engraver.