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Camden (William). Britannia or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the Adjacent Islands..., Revised, Digested and Published with large Additions by Edmund Gibson D. D. published by R. Ware, J and P Knapton, T. Longman, C, Hitch and others, 2 volumes, 1753, portrait frontispiece, title printed in red & black with a near-contemporary ownership signature, dedication and preface, additional half-title (partially excised), nine engraved plates of coins and five (only) uncoloured engraved folding maps (Britannia Romana, Britannia Saxonica, England, South Wales and Monmouth), with another eight maps (Cumberland, Rutland, Cambridgeshire, The South Part of Scotland, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Nottingham and Leicestershire) excised and loosely inserted, index bound at rear, near contemporary reverse calf with contrasting morocco gilt labels to spines, heavily worn and rubbed, folio (Quantity: 2) Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.