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Record Nr.

UNISA996384533603316

Autore

Blome Richard <1635-1705.>

Titolo

Britannia, or, A geographical description of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the isles and territories thereto belonging [[electronic resource] ] : 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 .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

Descrizione fisica

[14], 464 p., [24] p. of plates : coats of arms, 50 maps (some folded), plan

Soggetti

Heraldry

Great Britain Description and travel

Great Britain Description and travel Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"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.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018