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CAMDEN, William (1551-1623). Britannia, newly translated into English, with large additions and improvements, publish'd by Edmund Gibson. London: by F. Collins, for A. Swale and A. & J. Churchill, 1695.
2° (375 x 235mm). Engraved portrait by R. White (torn with loss and loose), 8 engraved plates of coins, 50 double-page or folding engraved maps by Robert Morden, engraved and woodcut illustrations in text, one full-page. (2 maps torn affecting illustration and repaired, 5 cleanly torn along fold, 4 folding maps soiled at outer edges, some leaves trimmed with slight loss, some tears to text.) Later panelled calf (worn, covers detached). Provenance: John Bangor (signature on title dated 1783); Robert Owen (inscription on title dated 1844). First edition of Gibson's translation. Wing C-359; Chubb CXIII; Skelton 117.
2° (375 x 235mm). Engraved portrait by R. White (torn with loss and loose), 8 engraved plates of coins, 50 double-page or folding engraved maps by Robert Morden, engraved and woodcut illustrations in text, one full-page. (2 maps torn affecting illustration and repaired, 5 cleanly torn along fold, 4 folding maps soiled at outer edges, some leaves trimmed with slight loss, some tears to text.) Later panelled calf (worn, covers detached). Provenance: John Bangor (signature on title dated 1783); Robert Owen (inscription on title dated 1844). First edition of Gibson's translation. Wing C-359; Chubb CXIII; Skelton 117.