Britannia, or, A geographical description of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the isles and territories thereto belonging : and for the better perfecting of the said work, there is added an alphabetical table of the names, titles, and seats of the nobility and gentry that each county of England and Wales is, or lately was, enobled with : illustrated with a map of each county of England, besides several general ones ...

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Blome, Richard, 1635-1705.

Series:

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 55:5.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Description and travel.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.

Heraldry.

Physical Description:

14 unnumbered pages, 464 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : coats of arms, 50 maps (some folded), plan

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Britannia.

Geographical description of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the isles and territories thereto belonging.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by Tho. Roycroft for the undertaker, Richard Blome, 1673.

Notes:

"Truly described by Bishop Nicolson as a 'most entire piece of theft out of Camden & Speed'"--DNB.

"An alphabetical account of the nobility and gentry", p. 345-464, has special t.p.

Attributed to Richard Blome. Cf. BM.

The plates consist of "coats of armes" etc., of the "benefactors & promoters of this work", and are printed on both sides.

Reproduction of original in British Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1962. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 55:5)

Cited in:

Wing B3207

Arber's Term cat. I 166

OCLC:

11898870