Observations on the antiquities historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall.
Title
Observations on the antiquities historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall.
Alternative Title
Full title: Observations on the antiquities historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall. : Consisting of several essays on the first inhabitants, Druid-superstition, customs, and remains of the most remote antiquity, in Britain, and the British Isles: exemplify'd and prov'd by monuments now extant in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, faithfully drawn on the spot, and engrav'd according to their scales annex'd. With a summary of the religious, civil, and military state of Cornwall before the Norman conquest; illustrated by the plans and elevations of several ancient castles, an eastern view of the monastery and site of St. Michael's Mount: and a vocabulary of the Cornu-British language. / By William Borlase, A.M. F.R.S. rector of Ludgvan.
Binder's spine title: Borlase's Antiquities of Cornwall
Binder's spine title: Borlase's Antiquities of Cornwall
Creator
William Borlase, 1695-1772
Publisher
Oxford : Printed by W. Jackson, in the High-street
Date
MDCCLIV [1754]
Format
xvi, 413, [1] p., [25] leaves of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 36 cm.
Description
"List of subscribers": preliminary p. [viii]-ix.
"A catalogue of the Kings of Britain, with the Princes of Cornwall": pages [367]-373.
"A Cornish-English vocabulary": pages 376-413.
Plates signed: "W.B. delin. J. Green sculp."
Errata: [1] p. at end.
Errors in pagination: 271 as 217.
The plates are numbered in one sequence, but some are on separate leaves and some are printed onto the letterpress pages as illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references.
"A catalogue of the Kings of Britain, with the Princes of Cornwall": pages [367]-373.
"A Cornish-English vocabulary": pages 376-413.
Plates signed: "W.B. delin. J. Green sculp."
Errata: [1] p. at end.
Errors in pagination: 271 as 217.
The plates are numbered in one sequence, but some are on separate leaves and some are printed onto the letterpress pages as illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references.
Provenance
Library copy has signatures of T. J. Wallis on fly leaf and title page, and of W. H. Dixon, Ju 1894 on title page.
Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]
Presented by Principal Daniel Woolf [Gift2015]
Contributor
Green, J. engraver
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Woolf, D. R. (Daniel R.) donor
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Language
English
Identifier
folio DA670.C8 B7 1754
ESTC, T131270
ESTC, T131270
Collection
Citation
William Borlase, 1695-1772, “Observations on the antiquities historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall.,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 29, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/159.