Condition Report
Contact Information
Lot 134
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$3,125
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
CAMDEN, William. Britain or a Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes.
Folio (326 x 220 mm). Engraved title-page, 57 engraved maps (56 double-page) by William Kip and William Hole after Christopher Saxton, John Norden, or George Owen, numerous illustrations. (Some overall browning and staining, worming to lower margin affecting a few maps, a few small holes.) Contemporary calf (worn, spine defective).
Camden's work was first published in Latin in 1586, but the work did not include maps until the sixth edition in Latin of 1607. ESTC S121328