Britannia, siue Florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio: : nunc postremò recognita, plurimis locis magna accessione adaucta, & chartis chorographicis illustrata. /
Camden, William,1551-1623.
Hole, William,-1624,engraver.
Kip, William.
Blair, Hew,Minister of Rutherglen,1633-1694.former owner,StEdNL: Gray.645
Gray, John,1646-1717,former owner.StEdNL: Gray.645
Haddington Library (Scotland),former owner.StEdNL: Gray.645
Londini : [printed by Eliot's Court Press] impensis Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton,
M.DC.VII. [1607].
The first word of the title is enclosed in a woodcut frame.
Identification of printer from STC.
With an additional title page, engraved, signed: Gulielmus Hole sculpsit.
Most of the plates are signed by William Hole or William Kip.
Includes indexes.
P. 438 misnumbered 338.
Variant: title page line 9 has "Tabulis" rather than "Chartis".
Signatures: [fleuron]-2[fleuron]⁴ A-L⁶ M² ²M⁴ N² ²N⁴ O² ²O⁴ P⁶ Q⁴ R⁴ ²R² S⁶ T² ²T⁴ V² ²V² X⁴ ²X² Y⁴ Z⁶ 2A-2B⁶ 2C² 2D⁴ 2E² 2F⁴ 2G² 2H-2M⁴ 2N² 2O⁴ 2P² 2Q⁴ 2R-2Z² 3A² chi1 3B⁴ 3C-3E² 3F-3G⁴ 3H-3I² 3K⁶ 3L-3M² 3N⁴ 3O-3X² 3Y-3Z⁴ 4A-4C² 4D⁴ 4E-4F² 4G⁴ 4H² 4I⁴ 4K⁶ 4L⁴ 4M² 4N⁶ 4O⁴ 4P-4Q² 4R-4S⁴ 4T² 4V⁴ 4X⁶ 4Y-4Z⁴ 5A-5E⁶ 5F⁴ 5G-5R⁶ 5S-5V⁴ (with many missignings, especially with the repeated letters).
STC (2nd ed.)
ESTC
On the titlepage there are two inscriptions "Ex Libris Jo: Gray: Past: Aberladien: 1707 Summa Religionis, Imitari Quem Colis" and below that in a different hand "Hugo Blar[us]". There is also a bookplate for Haddington Library on the front pastedown.
There are small fragments of vellum used to reinforce the binding and the Royal Arms incorporating the initials "L I F" have been gilt-stamped on both the front and back boards.