Camden's Britannia. Illustrated with Plates. Volume the first, Part II. Unique Extra-illustrated. Original edition.
London: 1753. Folio. 23.5 x 38 cm. 19th Century half-crushed morocco, a little rubbed....Engraved frontispiece of Camden by R. White.Pagination begins at 326 and continues to 695. Unique copy, extra illustrated with 100-150 added 18th Century engravings. Without the published maps.. Added maps include "A Correct PLAN of the CITIES of LONDON & WESTMINSTER & BOROUGH of SOUTHWARK, including the BILLS of MORTALITY, with the ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS "by
John Rocque; A Plan of Westminster; and map of the ruined city of Verulamium in Hertfordshire, drafted and annotated by William Stukeley on a visit to the site in 1720 or 1721 and augmented during another visit in 1722 (Robson and Bower 2016, 136-37). The site of Verulamium, a municipium under Roman rule that had earlier been occupied by Britons, was subject to a series of wars and invasions and was eventually absorbed into the town of St. Albans after the construction of a Benedictine monastery nearby in the 790s CE....Bookplate on front endpaper: "R W Lamb Nubem sol oriens retundat" Item #16-4641
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