William Camden, edited by Richard Gough: Britannia: or, a chorographical description of the flourishing kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the islands adjacent, from the earliest antiquity [4 volumes]. , London: printed for John Stockdale, 1806.

The second edition, complete in four volumes. 4to, ccvi, 415pp; iv, 518pp; iv, 527pp; vi, 570pp, plus indexes to all four volumes. The set lacks all the maps, but all the plates are present (17 in vol 1, 16 in vol 2, 35 in vol 3, 27 in vol 4). Uniformly bound in contemporary half brown calf, marbled paper-covered boards, gilt titling to the spines. There is a 1-inch piece of leather missing from the centre of the spine of volume 1, a few of the joints are beginning to crack (but all are holding), a couple of title pages are creased and there is some minor spotting of the preliminary pages. Generally, the contents are in very good condition. (Book ref. 18460)  £400.00

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