CAMDEN'S BRITANNIA

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CAMDEN'S BRITANNIA

William Camden 1551 - 1623:

Camden was both a historian and an antiquarian, he first published his "Britannia", a description and History of Britain, Britannia being the preferred Roman name for the island of Great Britain, in 1586. The original edition, written in Latin and containing only one map of the country, had a wide readership and circulation and was republished numerously - the first edition to contain a series of maps was the 1607 edition. Subsequently to this editions were published with 57 maps and the books published in a folio size [280 x 370mm]. These large productions, were bulky and so this led to Abridged editions, printed in octavo [8vo] size to be published containing miniature maps, this featured copy is one of these such editions, 1701.

Camden's Britannia Abridged With Improvements and Continuations to this present time, to which are added Exact lists of the present Nobility of England, Scotland and Ireland with many useful additions The whole carefully Performed and Illustrated with above sixty maps engraven

This two volume edition, printed in 1701, by Joseph Wild, at the Elephant at Charring Cross, London, in English with 60 maps engraved by John Seller [d. 1698], who held the appointment of Hydrographer to Kings Charles II & James II, the maps measure 160 x 120 mm and are all presented in beautiful clean crisp condition: For further details click here.