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Rampart P., Carmarthen, 1984. Hardcover. Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Fine copy.

Carmarthen.: Rampart P., 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. original gilt decorated simulated red leather hardcover, illustrated, 2 folding maps, 96 pages, limited to 500 copies, private bookplate otherwise a fine clean and complete copy. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom Shelf B35.

London: R. Ware and others, 1753. 3rd Edn. . Hardcover. Poor. Folio. cclxvii,695pp. Illus.,frontis. Volume I only, maps missing. Front cover detached,spine rubbed and leather cracked, lettering faded, covers rubbed and bumped, rear cover showing signs of damp and leather peeling from boards, bookplate on front pastedown, frontispiece detached attached to front cover, titlepage and first page of dedication detached together with tape reinforcement, page xlviii/xlvix of prelims detached, tone along gutter, affecting text, page 690/691 detached, chipped, rear hing tender. Tile page continues: "Written in Latin by William Camden, Clarenceux King at Arms: And Translated into English, with Additions and Improvements. Revised, igested 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". Much marginalia. Inscribed Mary Ann Clapp on title

London: F. Collins for A. Swalle, c. 1695. Title and frontis lacking, otherwise in very good condition.. Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Recent red half calf with red cloth boards. Flat spine with black morocco label with gilt text. , Notes: This is the preface ONLY (up to p. cxcvi). Britannia is a county-by-county description of Great Britain and Ireland. It is a work of chorography: a study that relates landscape, geography, antiquarianism, and history. Rather than write a history, Camden wanted to describe in detail the Great Britain of the present, and to show how the traces of the past could be discerned in the existing landscape. By this method, he produced the first coherent picture of Roman Britain.William Camden (1551 – 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Annales, the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of… Read More

London : printed for James and John Knapton [and 10 others], 1722. Second Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in full aniline calf with gilt title to the spine. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Physical description; vol. II (only): unnumbered pages : ill., frontispiece ; fol. Subjects; Great Britain — Description and travel.

London: R.Ware and Others, 1753. Full-Leather. Good. Third Edition. 2 Volume Set. Unfortunately the Maps are Missing, but the plates with the Coins are present. Frontispiece has an engraved portrait of Camden, by R. White. Title Page printed in Black and Red. Text arrange in Double Columns. Contemporary Full Leather Bindings with 6 Raised Bands to spines, having Gilt Titles in 2nd Compartments. 15 3/4" Tall. Most pages in very good, clean condition, some have faint and even age darkening/browning. Some edge wear to leather and splits down sides of spines. (see photos) Set weighs 6.6 Kilos, so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more pictures, information or a Shipping Quote. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall

London: printed for W. Bowyer [ect.], 1772. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Near fine set bound in quarter aniline calf over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the Central Reference Library of the London Borough of Lambeth Public Libraries with its bookplate. Physical description; two volumes; plates lacking, 10 plates remain. Subjects; Britannia. Great Britain. Ireland. Chorographical Descriptions.

London: F. Collins, for A. Swalle, 1795 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 16" by 10.5". None. The first edition of Edmund Gibson's edition of William Camden's chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Lacking all fifty-double page maps. ESTC Citation No. R12882Collated, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and nine plates of coins, alongside numerous vignette woodcuts. Lacking all fifty double page plates of maps.With the register [2], A2, a-g2, B-N4, O2, A-2P4, 2Q-3F2 *2Q-*3F2, 3G-3F² *3G-*3H² **3G-**3H², 3I² *3I², 3K-3M4, 3N-4N2, a-l2. All text leaves are present.First published in 1586 and written in Latin, William Camden's survey was complete with the intention 'to restore antiquity to Britaine, and Britain to its antiquity'. His work presents a county-by-county description of Great Britain, detailing its landscape, geography, antiquarianism and history.This is the first edition of Edward Gibson's greatly expanded English language translation, featuring… Read More

London:: R. Ware, J. and P. Knapton, T. Longman, C. Hitch, Etc., 1753. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. CAMDEN W.. WITH THIRTY SIX FOLDING MAPS BY MORDEN AND TEN PLATES OF COINS VG+. The third edition, Volume 1 ONLY (of 2), in modern red half calf (by Delrue), over grey cloth, some blind tooling. Spine, raised bands, gilt titles to black calf labels. Internally, portrait frontis, rubricated title, (Signatures: B-6Z2), or [33], (cclxvii), [1] ff, 2 columns per page, 695 columns, number continuously, 36 maps (all folding, by Morden), 15 pls (including 10 of coins), new endpapers, text block edges reddened, numerous illustrations within text. Maps by Robt. Morden An excellent example. (392*237 mm). (ESTC T145183. Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 3810) [ref: 623] £750

R Ware, J and P Knapton, T Longman, C Hitch, D Browne, H Lintot, C Davis, J Hodges, A Millar, W Bowyer, J Whiston, J and J Rivington & J Ward 1753. 15 VERY TIDY, DETAILED MAPS PRESENT, folio, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates with raised bands & gilt tooling to spine, paginated 697-1526 with numerous additions, annals & index to rear, illus & folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges & extrems, 5mm missing from top edge of spine, moderate scuffing & cracking to spine & hinges, moderate chafing & surface loss/soiling to boards, heavy tanning & staining to page edges, light to moderate insect damage to some page corners throughout, light to moderate tanning & wrinkling to eps, occasional sm closed tearing to edge of maps & other pgs, age appropriate tanning & foxing to pages- increasing towards rear pages, occasional light crack to some gutters- otherwise gutters largely intact)

London: R. Ware and P. Knapton, 1753. 2 vols. Folio. 23.5 x 38 cm. 19th Century half-crushed morocco, a little rubbed....Vol. 1: Engraved frontispiece folding map of Scotland. Unpaginated front matter of about 50pp; followed by Britain: i-cclxvii; followed by Counties of England and Wales, [2], 1-324 with mispagination. . .Vol. 2: Pagination begins at 698 and goes to 1107. Unique copy, extra illustrated with 200-300 added 18th Century engravings. No other maps...OCLC Number: 58821009,Bookplate on front endpaper: "R W Lamb Nubem sol oriens retundat".

London: James and John Knapton et al., 1722. Hardcover. Maps, engravings. Folio. Two large volumes, in original full leather bindings. Title pages are printed in red and black, with an elegant full-page copper engraving of Camden as the frontispiece of the first volume. There are 50 double-page maps of the English counties, Ireland, Scotland, and 'the Islands'; six of the maps are folding. There are also twelve large full-page engravings, and numerous smaller engravings in the text. There is a comprehensive index and the errata page is present. A previous owner has reinforced the hinges with linen-like binding tape. The boards are quite worn and rubbed, but a competent bookbinder could restore both bindings. The contents are remarkable clean, with only occasional foxing, and a few stained pages. The maps, by the cartographer Robert Morden, and which are usually removed and sold individually, are all in excellent condition. Overall, a good set. William Camden (1551-1623) was an English antiquary and… Read More

London: F. Collins for A. Swalle, c. 1695. Lacks a few leaves of text as described in the above pagination, leaves 357-359 defective. Otherwise generally in very good condition. Maps are clean and crisp. . Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Contemporary 18th century paneled calf boards, rebacked. Tooled ornamentation on covers. Spine in six compartments of raised bands. Gilt text on red morocco label on 2. Tooled decoration on 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Green pasted and free endpapers. , Notes: The edition attributed to this work is based upon pagination, collation, column numbering, and Churchill’s ad below the preface to the reader. Britannia is a county-by-county description of Great Britain and Ireland. It is a work of chorography: a study that relates landscape, geography, antiquarianism, and history. Rather than write a history, Camden wanted to describe in detail the Great Britain of the present, and to show how the traces of the past could be discerned in the existing landscape. By this method,… Read More

London : Mary Matthews, for Awnnsham Churchill , 1722 A very good copy of Camden's Britannia, revised by Edmund Gibson, and published in 2 volumes in contemporary full leather binding. Page edges pale yellow. With 51 maps (48 by Robert Morden and 3 by Andrew Johnstone), 9 plates of coins, 2 further full page plates and numerous illustrations in the text. The tree calf bindings have raised bands to spine and title and volume labels. There is some wear to edges and some scuffing to the boards - the back board of Vol I and the front board of Vol II. There is a small (2 cm approx) split at the top of the front spine joint in Vol I. There is no corresponding split internally and the board is firmly attached. The contents are generally in very good clean condition with the very occasional mark. Vol I: frontispiece; title page in red and black inks; Dedication 4pp; Preface 2pp; Mr Camden's Preface 4pp; Poems 1p; Ad Lectorum 6pp; Books and Antiquities 13pp; Antoninus Itinerary 6pp; General Heads 3pp;… Read More