[Rarebooks] FS: Camden's "Britannia..." London: 1594

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Camden, William. BRITANNIA Sive Florentissimorum Regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et Insularum Adiacentium Ex Intima Antiquitate Chorographica Descriptio. London: Impensis Georg. Bishop. 1594. Fourth edition. Sm. 4to. (16),718,(24)pp. Indices. Lacking the final blank leaf. Though paginated continuously, the section on Hiberniae (Ireland) has its own dated title page (p. 637). Large armorial "Knight of the Garter" woodcut on title page. Printer's woodcut device on the "Hiberniae" title. Some text woodcuts and many large historiated woodcut capitals. 19th c. 1/2 blue morocco over pebbled cloth, some light soiling. 4 leaves near rear with an old faded water stain at fore-edge. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. A very nice copy.                       $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
STC 4506.

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