Britannia romana, or, The Roman antiquities of Britain
Title
Britannia romana, or, The Roman antiquities of Britain
Alternative Title
Britannia romana, or, The Roman antiquities of Britain : in three books : the I. contains a history of all the Roman transactions in Britain ... also a large description of the Roman walls ... II. contains a compleat collection of the Roman inscriptions and sculptures which have hitherto been discovered in Britain ... III. contains the Roman geography of Britain, in which are given the originals of Ptolemy, Antonini Itinerarium, the Notitia, the anonymous Ravennas and Peutinger's table so far as they relate to this island ... : to which are added a chronological table, and indexes to the inscriptions and sculptures ... also geographical indexes both of the Latin and English names of the Roman places in Britain, and a general index to the work : the whole illustrated with above an hundred copper plates
Creator
Horsley, John, 1675-1732
Publisher
London : Printed for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, at the Ship in Pater-Noster Row.
Date
MDCCXXXII 1732
Format
[2], xxxii, [4], 355, [1], 353-520, [40] pages, [105] leaves of plates (5 folded) : illustrations, maps, plans ; 37 cm (fol.)
Provenance
Bookplate: Ex Libris Daniel Robert Woolf, FRSC
Copy 2: Booksellers label on front pastedown: Upham & Beet, 46 New Bonds, London
Copy 2: Bookplate on front pastedown: Bibliotheca Lindesiana
Copy 2: Inscription on front flyleaf: Aileen Fox, April 1948
Copy 2: Inscription on front flyleaf: Edward Poynder: The gift of his very dear and affectionate brother, Samuel Poynder, 20th? September, 1820.
Copy 2: Description of book affixed to front pastedown.
Copy 2: Booksellers label on front pastedown: Upham & Beet, 46 New Bonds, London
Copy 2: Bookplate on front pastedown: Bibliotheca Lindesiana
Copy 2: Inscription on front flyleaf: Aileen Fox, April 1948
Copy 2: Inscription on front flyleaf: Edward Poynder: The gift of his very dear and affectionate brother, Samuel Poynder, 20th? September, 1820.
Copy 2: Description of book affixed to front pastedown.
Contributor
Gift of Daniel Woolf 2019
Language
English
Identifier
DA145 .H78; Sowerby, E. M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 328; English Short Title Catalogue, T115200
Collection
Citation
Horsley, John, 1675-1732, “Britannia romana, or, The Roman antiquities of Britain,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed March 29, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/838.