Britannia, Newly Translated Into English: With Large Additions and Improvements
by Camden, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Excellent
- Seller
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Redding, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Edmund Gibson., 1695. Engraved portrait and 50 double-page and folding maps by Robert Morden; double-column text, 9 plates of coins and antiquities; numerous engraved illustrations and woodcut initials in the text. Recent morocco gilt spine over contemporary boards. Minor soiling and some very light dampstsains and foxing. A beautiful clean and sound copy. (Wing C359); (Chubb CXIII);(Skelton 117). Full Contemporary Calf. Excellent. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- Quaker Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 882217
- Title
- Britannia, Newly Translated Into English: With Large Additions and Improvements
- Author
- Camden, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Excellent
- Publisher
- Edmund Gibson.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1695
- Bookseller catalogs
- NY2008; New York 09;
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Quaker Hill Books
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- Gilt
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