Britain, or A chorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjoyning, out of the depth of antiquitie : beautified vvith mappes of the severall shires of England: vvritten first in Latine by William Camden Clarenceux K. of A. Translated newly into English by Philémon Holland Doctour in Physick: finally, revised, amended, and enlarged with sundry additions by the said author.
| Author/creator | Camden, William |
| Other author | Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637. |
| Other author | Hole, William, d. 1624, engraver. |
| Other author | Kip, William, engraver. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed by F[elix] K[ingston] R[obert] Y[oung] and I[ohn] L[egat] for Andrevv Heb, 1637. |
| Description | [16], 822, 233, [61] p., 55, [2] folded plates : ill., maps (woodcuts, metal cuts) |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240886002 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Britannia. English |
| Variant title | Britannia. |
| Variant title | Chorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjoyning, out of the depth of antiquitie. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | A translation of: Britannia. |
| General note | With an additional title page, engraved, "Britannia", signed: Gulielmus Hole sculpsit. |
| General note | Printers' names from STC. |
| General note | One of five imprint variants of this edition. |
| General note | "Scotland" has divisional title and separate pagination. "Ireland, and the smaller ilands in the British Ocean" has divisional title; pagination and register are continuous. |
| General note | Includes indexes. |
| General note | The last leaf is blank. |
| General note | Most of the plates are signed by Hole or by William Kip. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 4510. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1130:1) |
| Stock number | CL0036000031 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
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