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CAMDEN (WILLIAM) Britannia, sive florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, 2 parts in one vol., FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY
10 November 2009, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,320 inc. premium
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Britannia, sive florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, 2 parts in one vol., FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "Galfrido Kinge, affini ?Foa percharo auctor D.D." in lower margin of title (shaved), single-word ink corrections (probably in Camden's hand) in two margins, the woodcut vignette on general and parts title, lacks leaf G8 and 12 pages at end, shaved touching some side-notes and headlines, early ownership inscription of Anthony Busby on title, bookplate of Patrick Pearson, nineteenth century morocco, g.e., rubbed [STC 4503; PMM 101], 8vo, R. Newbery, 1586, sold as an association copy
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A presentation copy of the first edition of Camden's first and most influential book Britannia which "had an enormous and lasting impact on multidisciplinary historical writing, and was also of the highest importance as a cultural icon affecting the national self-image" (ODNB). For an example of Camden's hand see Klinkenborg, British Literary Manuscripts, Series I, no. 17.

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