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Magnae Britanniae notitia, or, The present state of Great Britain : with diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne, esq. ; to which is added, a compleat list of the Queen's houshold, as also those of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Cumberland, Their Highnesses the Princess Emelia, the Princess Carolina, the Princess Mary, and Princess Louisa ; in two parts.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chamberlayne, John, 1666-1723.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1714-1760.
- Politics and government.
- Penn Provenance:
- Frost, Robert (donor) (Frost Collection copy)
- Cotterell, Mary (former owner) (inscription) (Frost Collection copy)
- Jackson, Mary (autograph) (Frost Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 16 unnumbered pages, 443 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 272, 67 pages, 1 unnumbered page : portrait ; 22 cm (8vo)
- Edition:
- The thirty-third edition of the south part, called England, and the twelfth of the north part, called Scotland.
- Other Title:
- Magnae Britanniae notitia
- Present state of Great Britain
- Fingerprint:
- D.N. 9594 76l. noRo (3) 1737 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for D. Midwinter, B. Motte and C. Bathurst, A. Ward, T. Wotton, S. Birt, H. Lintot, and J. and R. Tonson, 1737.
- Notes:
- An enlargement of Edward Chamberlayne's Angliae notitia.
- Edition statement precedes other title information.
- Signatures: A-2E⁸ 2F⁴ 2G² a⁸, ²B-R⁸, ³A-D⁸ E².
- Title within border of double rules.
- Engraved portrait; woodcut initials, factotum, head- and tail-pieces.
- "A general list or catalogue of all the offices and officers employed in the several branches of His Majesty's government" has separate signatures and pagination and special dated title leaf, which reads: A General list, or catalogue, Of all the Offices and Officers employed In the several Branches of his Majesty's Government Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, &c. I. In South-Britain, or England. II. In North-Britain, or Scotland. And The Subordinate Offices and Officers, placed under the Grand Offices, to whose Direction and Disposal they immediately appertain. London: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XXXVII.
- "A list of all the offices and officers in North-Britain or Scotland" has separate signatures and pagination.
- Local Notes:
- Frost Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2010 by Robert Frost.
- Frost Collection copy has early ms. ownership inscription ("Mary Cotterell her Book") on front free endpaper; early autograph ("Mary Jackson") on front endleaf.
- Frost Collection copy bound in full speckled calf; boards paneled in blind; 5 raised bands on spine; gold-stamped tan leather spine label ("CHAMBERLAYNE STATE OF ENGLAND"); gold-tooled cover edges; all edges stippled red.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T54592
- OCLC:
- 9727864
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