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  Inscriptions in Cumberland [Vol. III, Plate XXIV]

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 3

  • 1806

  Engraving depicting a variety of ancient inscriptions found in churches and altars located throughout Cumberland, a historic county in North West England that now forms part of Cumbria.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, England, Britannia (Camden, William), Inscriptions, England--Cumberland
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  Inscriptions in Cumberland [Vol. III, Plate XXIII]

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 3

  • 1806

  Engraving depicting a variety of ancient inscriptions found in churches and altars located throughout Cumberland, a historic county in North West England that now forms part of Cumbria.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, England, Britannia (Camden, William), Inscriptions, England--Cumberland
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  Inscriptions in Cumberland [Vol. III, Plate XXII]

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 3

  • 1806

  Engraving depicting a variety of ancient inscriptions found in churches and altars located throughout Cumberland, a historic county in North West England that now forms part of Cumbria.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, England, Britannia (Camden, William), Inscriptions, England--Cumberland
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Inscriptions in Cumberland [Vol. III, Plate XXI]

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 3

  • 1806

  Engraving depicting a variety of ancient inscriptions found in churches and altars located throughout Cumberland, a historic county in North West England that now forms part of Cumbria.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, England, Britannia (Camden, William), Inscriptions, England--Cumberland
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Saxon inscriptions at Aldborough and Kirkdale

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 3

  • 1806

  Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting Saxon inscriptions located in the villages of Aldborough (top) and Kirkdale (bottom) in North Yorkshire, England. The Aldborough inscription, which appears on a…

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Engraver Cary, Francis
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, England, Britannia (Camden, William), England--Kirkdale, Inscriptions, English (Old), England--Aldborough (North Yorkshire), Church buildings
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  Ancient Monuments at Llanilltud

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 3

  • 1806

  Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting several ancient monuments located in the St. Illtyd's church complex at Llanilltud Fawr (present day Llantwit Major) in southeast Wales.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Engraver Cary, Francis
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Wales, Britannia (Camden, William), Monuments, St. Illtyd (Church : Llantwit, Neath, Wales)
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Plan and Elevation of an Ancient Chapel at Hereford

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 3

  • 1806

  Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting the plan and elevation of an ancient chapel located in Hereford, England. The engraving is derived from a collection of drawings by English antiquarian,…

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Engraver Cary, Francis
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Maps, Ruined buildings, England, Britannia (Camden, William), England--Herefordshire, Chapels
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  Detail view of tessellated pavement

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1806

  Detail view of a portion of tessellated pavement, one of a series of Roman antiquities excavated from the Gloucestershire village of Woodchester in England.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Britannia (Camden, William), England, Classical antiquities, Excavations (Archaeology), England--Woodchester
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  View of Stonehenge and ground plans by Wood, Jones, Smith, and Stukeley

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1806

  Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting a view of Stonehenge and several ground plans meant to convey speculative representations of the original arrangement of Stonehenge as it once was, rather than…

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Engraver Cary, Francis
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Maps, Britannia (Camden, William), England, England--Stonehenge
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Cerne Abbas Giant and Maiden Castle ground plan

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1806

  Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting the Cerne Abbas Giant (Figure 2) and ground plan of Maiden Castle (Figure 3). The Cerne Abbas Giant is a hill figure outlined by shallow trenches cut in the turf…

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Engraver Cary, Francis
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Maps, England, Britannia (Camden, William), Cerne Giant (England), England--Maiden Castle, Fortification, Prehistoric, England--Dorset
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Plan & Elevations of Old Sarum

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1806

  Engraving by James Basire (1769-1822) depicting the plan and elevations of Old Sarum, the site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury in England.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Engraver Basire, James, 1769-1822
  • Subject Maps, Britannia (Camden, William), England, England--Old Sarum (Extinct city)
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  Plan of the Roman Bath, Discovered in the City of Bath, 1755

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1806

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Maps, Ruined buildings, Britannia (Camden, William), England, Baths, Roman, England--Bath
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  Ground Plot of the Roman Bath, Discovered in the City of Bath, 1755

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1806

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Maps, Ruined buildings, Britannia (Camden, William), England, Baths, Roman, England--Bath
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Plate of Celts

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1806

  Engraving depicting 16 celts (prehistoric stones or metal implements with a beveled cutting edge) excavated from locations throughout Great Britain.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Britannia (Camden, William), Celts, Excavations (Archaeology), Tools, Prehistoric
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Plate of Urns

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1806

  Engraving by English cartographer and engraver John Cary (c. 1754-1835) depicting 24 urns excavated from locations throughout Great Britain.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Engraver Cary, John, approximately 1754-1835
  • Subject Britannia (Camden, William), Urns, Excavations (Archaeology)
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Saxon Coins (Plate 1)

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1806

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Coins, Britannia (Camden, William), Numismatics, Coins, Anglo-Saxon
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  Rare books, Engravings, Maps

  Saxon England According to the Saxon Chronicle

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1806

  Map of Saxon England based upon descriptions in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Maps, Britannia (Camden, William), England, Islands, Anglo-Saxon chronicle
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  Rare books, Maps, Engravings

  Britannia Romana Collected from Ptolemy, Antonine's Itinerary, the Notitia, and Inscriptions

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1806

  Map of Britain in Roman times drawn from several sources, including the works of Ptolemy and The Itinerary of the Emperor Antoninus, a register of the stations and distances along the various roads of the Roman empire.

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Maps, Britannia (Camden, William), England, Islands
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  Roman Coins

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1806

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Coins, Coins, Roman, Britannia (Camden, William), Numismatics
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  Rare books, Engravings

  British Coins

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1806

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Coins, Britannia (Camden, William), Numismatics
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  Rare books, Engravings

  Portrait of William Camden (1551-1623)

  • Part of Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • 1789 (Date of engraving)
  • 1806 (Date of publication)

  Portrait of English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald William Camden (1551-1623). Camden is best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland,…

  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Engraver Basire, James, 1769-1822
  • After Gheeraerts, Marcus, 1561-1635 or 1636, Lodder, W.P.J.
  • Subject Britannia (Camden, William), Camden, William, 1551-1623, Portraits, Historians, Antiquarians
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  Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 4

  • From the Earliest Antiquity/Translated From the Edition Published by the Author in MCDVII. Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries, by Richard Gough

  • 1806

  Volume 4 in a series of 4 travel logs written by William Camden (1551-1623) in 1586. Camden traveled extensively through England and Wales, but likely never set foot in Scotland or Ireland. He compiled Britannia through…

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623, Gough, Richard, 1735-1809, Nichols, John, 1745-1826
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Gough, Richard, 1735-1809, Travel, Nichols, John, 1745-1826, Voyages and travels, Naturalists, Natural history, Maps, Ruined buildings, England, England--London, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Camden, William, 1551-1623, Coins, Roman, Botany, Fossils, Rare plants, Caesar, Julius
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  Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 3

  • From the Earliest Antiquity/Translated From the Edition Published by the Author in MCDVII. Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries, by Richard Gough

  • 1806

  Volume 3 in a series of 4 travel logs written by William Camden (1551-1623) in 1586. Camden traveled extensively through England and Wales, but likely never set foot in Scotland or Ireland. He compiled Britannia through…

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623, Gough, Richard, 1735-1809, Nichols, John, 1745-1826
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Gough, Richard, 1735-1809, Travel, Nichols, John, 1745-1826, Voyages and travels, Naturalists, Natural history, Maps, Ruined buildings, England--London, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Camden, William, 1551-1623, Coins, Coins, Roman, Botany, Fossils, Rare plants
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  Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adjacent, Vol. 1

  • From the Earliest Antiquity/Translated From the Edition Published by the Author in MCDVII. Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries, by Richard Gough

  • 1806

  Volume 1 in a series of 4 travel logs written by William Camden (1551-1623) in 1586. Camden traveled extensively through England and Wales, but likely never set foot in Scotland or Ireland. He compiled Britannia through…

  • Author Camden, William, 1551-1623, Gough, Richard, 1735-1809, Nichols, John, 1745-1826
  • Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
  • Printer J. Nichols and Son
  • Subject Great Britain, Gough, Richard, 1735-1809, Nichols, John, 1745-1826, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, Coins, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Naturalists, Natural history, England, Islands, Science, Science--Study and teaching, Camden, William, 1551-1623, Botany, Fossils, Rare plants
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  Paintings

  The Alchemist

  • 1800 – 1899

  A man dressed in peasant garb holds a gold scale in right hand and reaches with left for red substance in open paper packet. At left through window are building roofs; the light illuminates a dark, cluttered workshop…

  • After Bega, Cornelis Pietersz., approximately 1631-1664
  • Subject Apothecary jars, Bega, Cornelis Pietersz., approximately 1631-1664, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Art, Dutch, Distillation