Beschreibung:

Britain.- Camden (William) Britannia, or, a Chorographical Description of ... England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the islands adjacent, edited and enlarged by Richard Gough 3 vol., first Gough edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 57 engraved maps, all but 5 double-page or folding, double-page and folding maps all hand-coloured, 96 engraved plates, some double-page, a few engravings within text, folding table, maps of GB & Ireland, Devonshire, Bucks and Beds spotted, offsetting, occasional spotting to text ff., some light browning, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, spines in compartments and with red and green leather labels, spines neatly repaired / rebacked, preserving original backstrips, spines creased, rubbed and marked, folio, Printed by John Nichols 1789. ⁂ A very good set of the best edition with handsomely hand-coloured plates. Provenance: John Warren of Handcross Park; Judge Frederick Adolphus Philbrick (armorial bookplates).