1590 Britannia Camden Britain IRELAND Stonehenge Coins Numismatics PROVENANCE

1590 Britannia Camden Britain IRELAND Stonehenge Coins Numismatics PROVENANCE

“The early bird gets the worm.”

– William Camden

An exceedingly rare and valuable 1590 edition of William Camden’s ‘Britannia’! This work is considered one the greatest achievements of English scholarship and is the first topographical survey of Great Britain! This book was the first to show a study of Roman Britain and was the first county-by-county survey of Great Britain. Camden first published this book in Latin in 1586, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth, though an English edition did not appear until early 17^th-century. It gained immense popularity, both in its original printing and English forms.

This particular example is notable for featuring the coat of arms of Jacques Auguste de Thou!

Item number: #26602

Price: $1500

CAMDEN, William

Britannia sive florentissimorvm regnorvm Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ, insvlarvm adiacentivm ex intima antiquitate chorographica description

Francofvrdi: Apud Ioannem Wechelum : impensis Petri Fischeri, & hæredum Henrici Tackii, 1590.

Details:

• Collation: Textually complete
  • Britannia – [16], 671, [1]
  • Hiberniae – [2], 675-762, [22]
    • Includes separate title page
  • Provenance: Armorial Supralibros – Jacques Auguste de Thou
    • Jacques Auguste de Thou (1553–1617) was a French historian, book collector, and president of the Parlement of Paris. He succeeded his uncle Augustin as président à mortier and used his authority in the interests of religious peace, notably negotiating the Edict of Nantes with the Protestants. However, he considered his crowning achievement to be a complete, unbiased history of his era, which he entitled Historia Sui Temporis. Much of his research was drawn from his own library, which was considered to be one of the glories of Europe and among the finest libraries developed during the Renaissance era. The coat of arms present here is that of Thou and his first wife, Marie de Barbancon de Cany, along with their joint monogram (IAM), which is also embossed on the spine.
  • Language: Latin
  • Binding: Leather; tight and secure
  • Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)

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