Camden (William). Britannia..., Enlarged by Richard Gough, 3 volumes, 1789
Sold for £940
Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands adjacent..., Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough, 3 volumes, printed for John Nichols and others, 1789, portrait frontispiece, title page to each volume, 94 uncoloured engraved plates (including 8 double page) and 57 engraved maps by John Cary (including fifty-two double page and folding), some off setting and slight toning to maps throughout, bookplate of S. L. Courtauld and two other partial bookplates, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, near contemporary straight-grained red morocco with gilt decorated Greek key rollwork to borders and gilt dentelles, gilt decorated spine, slight rubbed and worn to extremities, folio
(Qty: 3)
Provenance: Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRS (1883-1967), English philanthropist and youngest brother of Samuel Courtauld, founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art.
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Sold for £940
Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands adjacent..., Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough, 3 volumes, printed for John Nichols and others, 1789, portrait frontispiece, title page to each volume, 94 uncoloured engraved plates (including 8 double page) and 57 engraved maps by John Cary (including fifty-two double page and folding), some off setting and slight toning to maps throughout, bookplate of S. L. Courtauld and two other partial bookplates, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, near contemporary straight-grained red morocco with gilt decorated Greek key rollwork to borders and gilt dentelles, gilt decorated spine, slight rubbed and worn to extremities, folio
(Qty: 3)
Provenance: Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRS (1883-1967), English philanthropist and youngest brother of Samuel Courtauld, founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art.
