Camden's Britannia: Kent
Rare and modern books
William Camden, Gordon Copley
Hutchinson,
1977
Camden's Britannia: Kent
Rare and modern books
William Camden, Gordon Copley
Hutchinson,
1977
4.95 €
(Hyde,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1977
- ISBN
- 0091252407
- Place of printing
- London
- Author
- William Camden, Gordon Copley
- Publishers
- Hutchinson
- Size
- 10 x 7.5 inches
- Keyword
- History, 16th Century, England
- Cover description
- Near Fine
- Binding description
- Hard Cover
- Dust jacket
- True
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Languages
- English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
Ex library book with usual marks and stamps, to front end paper, reverse of title page and lower page edges. The book does otherwise appear close to fine and may eveb be unread. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a tiny nick to the spine foot. 96pp. Originally published in 1586 by William Camden, this work was extensively annotated and edited by Gordon Copley. It's observations are extremely important as it covers the period when the monasteries had just been disssolved and before the destruction of ancient monuments in the Civil War and later centuries.
