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 vvith mappes of the severall shires of England
By: vvritten first in Latine by William Camden Clarenceux K. of A. ; Translated newly into English by Philémon Holland docteur in physick ; finally revised, amended, and enlarged with sundry additions by the said author
Series: Early English Books, 1475-1640 -- 1707
Publisher: Printed by F.K. R.Y. and I.L. [i.e. Felix Kingston, Robert Young and John Legate] for Ioyce Norton and Richard Whitaker.
Published: 1637
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: lat
Number of pages: 822
Subjects: Antiquities; Description and travel; Early works to 1800
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: Signatures: [par.]¹⁰ A-G⁶ H⁸ I-3X⁶ 3Y⁸ 4A-4T⁶ 4V² 4X⁶ 4Y-5A⁶ 5B⁶(-5B6).

55 of the engraved maps are double plates, the remaing 2 are single leaves.

Printers' names from STC.

Numerous errors in pagination.

P. 299, 3rd sequence is misnumbered 287; p. 302, 4th sequence is misnumbered 299.

Title vignette: arms of Great Britain.

With an additional engraved title page, signed: "Gulielmus Hole, sculp."

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

The engraved maps are mostly signed by Hole or William Kip; the principle sources are Christopher Saxton and John Norden; the map of Pembrokeshire is from George Owen. Cf. Skelton.

The maps are in the 3rd state used in the 1610 edition. Cf. Skelton.

Index: p. [2]-[55] at end.

One of 5 editions issued in 1637 with variant imprints: "A. Heb" (STC 4510), "Andrevv Cooke" (STC 4510.4), "W. Aspley" (STC 4510.6), or "G. Latham" (STC 4510.8).

"Scotland" has a separate title page, and begins new pagination; within this pagination sequence, "Ireland" has another separate title page; register is continuous.

STC (2nd ed.), 4510.2

Skelton, R.A. County atlases of the British Isles, 23

ESTC (RLIN), S001529