Lot 334A
Camden, William
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Britannia: or a chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent. London: John Stockdale, 1806. 4 volumes, second edition, folio, portrait, 56 maps, genealogical table, 104 plates and letter-press illustration in volume 4 (listed as final plate), contemporary speckled calf gilt with gilt tooling and morocco gilt labels to spines, bookplates of "Clark" (armorial) and Arthur Wood of Newbold Revel, some spotting, browning to a few pages, some hinges slightly split, volume 2 neatly rebacked, hole to pp.471-2 in volume 3 with loss to a few letters (4)
Footnote
Some scattered foxing/spotting, several pages in volume 4 a little browned, slight splitting to some hinges, some pages (especially in volume 3) neatly repaired, some rubbing to covers and spines.