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.

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

Files

DA145H78.jpg

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.