Britain, or, A chorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjoyning, out of the depth of antiquitie
Subtitle: beautified with mappes of the severall shires of England
By: written first in Latine by William Camden ... ; translated newly into English by Philemon Holland ...
Series: Early English Books, 1475-1640 -- 1849; Early English books online
Publisher: Printed by F.K. R.Y. and I.L. for William Aspley
Published: 1637
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: lat
Number of pages: 822
Subjects: Description and travel; Early works to 1800; History; Antiquities
Other titles: Chorographicall description of the most flourishing kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjoyning, out of the depth of antiquitie; Camden's History of England
Work titles: Britannia
Notes: Engraved half t.p.: Britannia.

The maps are engraved by Willem Kip and William Hole after Christopher Saxton and John Norden.

"Scotland" has divisional title and separate pagination. "Ireland and the smaller ilands in the British Ocean" has divisional title; pagination and register are continuous.

Title vignette (arms of England); head and tail pieces; initials.

Many mispaginations.

A translation of the author's "Britannia" first published in Latin in 1586.

STC (2nd ed.) 4510.6