Remaines concerning Britaine : their Languages. Names. Surnames. Allusions. Anagrammes. Armories. Monies. Empresses. Apparell. Artillarie. Wise speeches. Proverbs. Poesies. Epitaphes. / Written by William Camden esquire, Clarenceux, king of armes ... The Fift impression, with many rare antiquities never before imprinted. By the industry and care of Iohn Philipot, Somerset herald.

Accession number:

PML 4149

Author:

Camden, William, 1551-1623.

Published:

London : Printed by Thomas Harper, for John Waterson, 1636.

Description:

3 p.l., 420, [2] p. : front., (port.) ill. (coats of arms) ; 18 cm

Notes:

Collation: leaf 1[superscript]a blank, 1[superscript]b Portrait of Camden, 2[superscript]a title, 2[superscript]b blank, 3[superscript]a-4[superscript]a Dedicatory Epistle, 4[superscript]b blank, Hhh3[superscript]a-b table, Hhh4 blank and genuine.
Compared to the 2d ed. (STC 4522) the chapters have been rearranged and two have been augmented, viz; (1) the chapter on Armories has been enlarged (from p. 209-222) with examples and descriptions of 26 coats of arms and (2) the chapter on Epitaphs has been increased from p. 407-420.
Dedicatory epistle by the editor to Charles Lodowick (Louis), Prince Elector, count Palatine (i.e. Karl Ludwig, Kurfürst von der Pfalz, son of Kurfürst Friedrich V and Elizabeth Stuart of England, 1617-1680).
Fifth ed. (STC 4525).
Frontispiece: engraved portrait of William Camden.
Signatures: A-Z⁴, Aa-Zz⁴, Aaa-Hhh⁴-Perfect; Hhh4 blank and genuine; all quires signed on leaves 1-3. Pagination begins with 1 and B1a and ends correctly with 420 on Hhh2[superscript]b.

Provenance:

With the armorial book-plate of William Constable, Esq. F.R.S. & F.A.S.; also from the Toovey collection.

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