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Vraud, of Savigni, and of Tiron, Crouched Friers, Friers of Penance, or of the Sack, and Bethleemites, not spoken of by Sir William Dugdale and Mr. Dodsworth. The Foundations of their several Monasteries, &c. By JOHN STEVENS, Gent. In Two Volumes. Folio. Lond. 1722, 1723.

There are LARGE PAPER copies of these volumes. Dugdale's Monasticon Anglicanum: A new Edition of the whole Work, including Stevens's Continuation, is now publishing in Folio, with very considerable Additions and Improvements from the Library of the Society of Antiquaries, the Records in the Tower, the Augmentation Office, and various inedited MSS. in the British and Ashmolean Museums, and other authentic Sources. By JOHN CALEY, Esq. Keeper of the Records in the Augmentation Office; HENRY ELLIS, Esq. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum; and the Rev. BULKELEY BANDINEL, M.A. Keeper of the Bodleian Library, Oxford. The whole of the Plates, as originally engraved by Hollar, and which are invaluable from the circumstance of representing parts of Cathedral and Monastic Edifices now fallen to ruin, will be given in the course of the Work, together with many new Views of Ecclesiastical Buildings as they appear at the present Day; the Costumes of the various Monastic Orders, &c. &c.

N.B. Ten Parts are already published.

Fifty copies only are printed on LARGE PAPER. Monastichon Britanicum: or, A Historicall Narration of the first Founding and flourishing State of the antient Monasteries, Religious Rules and Orders of Great Brittaine, in the Tymes of the Brittaines and primitive Church of the Saxons. Collected out of most authentick Authors, Lieger Books, and Manuscripts. By that learned Antiquary R. B. (RICHARD BROUGHTON.) Octavo. Lond. 1655.

Notitia Monastica: or, An Account of all the Abbies, Priories, and Houses of Friers, formerly in England and Wales; and also of all the Colleges and Hospitals founded before A.D. MDXL. By the Right Rev. Doctor Thomas Tanner, late Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Published A.D. MDCCXLIV, by John Tanner, M.À. Vicar of Lowestoft in Suffolk, and Precentor of the Cathedral Church of St. Asaph; and now reprinted with many Additions by JAMES NASMITH, M.A. Rector of Snalewell in Cambridgeshire, and Chaplain to the Rt. Hon. John Earl of Buckinghamshire. Portrail by G. Vertue. Folio. Camb. 1787.-Originally printed in one

volume octavo in 1695.

A Summary of all the Religious Houses in England and Wales, with their Titles and Valuations at the Time of their Dissolution, and a Calculation of what they might be worth at this Day; together with an Appendix concerning the several Religious Or ders that prevailed in this Kingdom. Octavo. Lond. 1717.

An HISTORY of the MITRED PARLIAMENTARY ABBIES and CON-

VENTUAL CATHEDRAL CHURCHES: shewing the Times of their

respective Foundations, and what Alterations they have under-

gone; with some Descriptions of their Monuments, and Dimen-

sions of their Buildings: together with a Catalogue of their Ab-

bats, Priors, &c. By BROWNE WILLIS, Esq. In Two Volumes.

Octavo. Lond. 1718, 1719.

*There are LARGE PAPER copies of this work.

Collectanea Anglo-Minoritica: or, A Collection of the Antiquities

of the English Franciscans, or Friers Minors, commonly call'd

Gray Friers. In Two Parts. With an Appendix concerning the

English Nuns of the Order of St. Clare. By A. PARKINSON.

Quarto. Lond. 1726.

British Monachism: or, Manners and Customs of the Monks and

Nuns of England. To which are added, I. Peregrinatorium Re-

ligiosum; or Manners and Customs of antient Pilgrims. II. Con-

suetudinal of Anchorets and Hermits. III. Account of the Con-

tinentes, or Women who had made Vows of Chastity. IV. Four

Select Poems, in various Styles. By THOMAS DUDLEY FOS-

BROOKE, M.A. F.S.A. With Plates. Quarto. Lond. 1817.

There are LARGE PAPER copies of this Second Edition, which

was originally published in Two Volumes, octavo, in 1802.

Some Account of the Alien Priories, and of such Lands as they are

known to have possessed in England and Wales. Collected from

the MSS. of John Warburton, Esq. and Dr. Ducarel. A new

Edition, in Two Volumes. Illustrated with Plates. Small oc-

tavo. Lond. 1786.

Memoirs of the Antiquities of Great Britain; with an Account of

Monasteries, Monks, &c. Plates. Octavo. Lond. 1723.

History of Families, Manners, Habits, and Arts at the different

Periods from the Norman Conquest to the Seventeenth Century;

with introductory Observations. (By RICHARD GOUGH, Esq.

F.S.A.) Three Volumes usually bound in Five. Plates. Folio.

Lond. 1786-1796.

Nenia Britannica: or, A Sepulchral History of Great Britain, from
the earliest Period to its general Conversion to Christianity. In-
cluding a complete Series of the British, Roman, and Saxon Se-
pulchral Rites and Ceremonies, with the Contents of several
Hundred Burial Places opened under a careful Inspection of the
Author; tending to illustrate the early Part of, and to fix on a
more unquestionable Criterion for the Study of Antiquity. To
which are added Observations on the Celtic, British, Roman, and
Danish Barrows discovered in Great Britain. By the Rev. JAMES
DOUGLAS, F.A.S. Plates. Folio. Lond. 1793.

There are copies on LARGE PAPER, the Plates in Colours.

Illustration of the Tumuli or ancient Barrows; exhibiting the Prin-

ciples which determined the Magnitude and Position of each, and

their systematic Connection with other Vestiges of equal Anti-

quity. By THOMAS STACKHOUSE. With a folded Sketch of

Barrows. Octavo. Lond. 1805.

Monumental Effigies of Great Britain; consisting of Etchings from

Figures executed by the Sculptor, and introduced into our Ca-

thedrals and Churches as Memorials of the Dead, from the Nor-

man Conquest to the Reign of K. Henry the Eighth. Drawn

and etched by C. A. STOTHARD Jun. Quarto. Now in course

of publication, 1817.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ENGLAND.

BRITANNIA: sive florentissimorum Regnorum, Angliæ, Scotia,

et Hiberniæ, et Insularum adjacentium ex intima Antiquitate

Chorographia Descriptio. Authore GUL. CAMDENO. Lond. 1586

and 1587. Octavo.-Reprinted in Quarto in 1590, 1594, and 1600.

-In Folio, at London, in 1607, and at Amsterdam in 1648 and

1659.

Britain or A Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing
Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and the Islands adjoining, out
of the Depth of Antiquity; beautified with Maps of the several
Shires of England. Written first in Latin by William Camden,
and translated into English by PHILEMON HOLLAND, Dr in Phy-
sick. Folio. Lond. 1610 and 1637.

Britannia: or, A Chorographical Description of Great Britain and
Ireland, together with the adjacent Islands. Written in Latin by
WILLIAM CAMDEN, Clarenceux King at Arms; and translated
into English, with Additions and Improvements, by EDMUND
GIBSON, D.D. late Lord Bishop of London. This Fourth Edi-

tion is printed from a Copy of 1722, left corrected by the Bishop
for the Press. In Two VOLUMES. Folio. Lond. 1772.

** Originally printed in
Volumes in 1722 and 1753.
each edition.

One Volume, folio, in 1695; in Two
There are LARGE PAPER copies of

Britannia: or, A Geographical Description of the flourishing King-
doms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands adja-
cent, from the earliest Antiquity. By WILLIAM CAMDen.
Translated from the Edition published by the Author in MDCVII.
Enlarged by the latest Discoveries by RICHARD GOUGH, F.A.
& R.S.S. In Three Volumes. Illustrated with Maps and other
Copper-plates. Folio. Lond. 1789.—Reprinted in Four Volumes
in 1806, of which Edition there are copies on Fine Paper.
A Discoverie of certaine Errours published in print in the much
commended Britannia, 1594, very preiudicial to the Discentes
and Successions of the auncient Nobilitie of this Realme. By
RALPHE BROOKE, Yorke Herault at Armes. To which are added
the learned Mr. Camden's Answer to this Book; and Mr. Brooke's
Reply. Now first published from an original Manuscript in the
Library of John Anstis, Esq. Garter King at Arms. Portrait of
the Author, and the Monument of Camden. Quarto. Lond. 1724.
-Originally printed in 1599 in Quarto.

Descriptio Britanniæ, Scotia, Hyberniæ, et Orchadum, ex libro
Pauli Jovii, episcopi Nucer. de Imperiis et Gentibus cogniti Or-
bis, cum ejus operis prohoemio, ad Alexandrum Farnesium Card.
ampliss. Quarto. Venet. 1448, and Bas. 1561, duodecimo.
Magnæ Britanniæ Delicia seu Insularum et Regnorum quæ Magnæ
Britanniæ nomine, et sereniss. Regis Jacobi, &c. imperio hodie
comprehenduntur, Descriptio: ex variis auctoribus collecta, et
reliquarum Europa Nationum jam ante editis Deliciis addita.
(Auctore GASP. EUs.) Duodecimo. Colon. 1613.

RUTGERI HERMANNIDE Britannia Magna, sive Angliæ, Scotia,
Hiberniæ, et adjacentium Insularum Geographico-Historica De-
scriptio. Duodecimo. Amstel. 1661.

POLY-OLBION : or, A Chorographicall Description of all the Tracts,
Rivers, Mountaines, Forests, and other Parts of this renowned
Isle of Great Britaine; with Intermixture of the most remarkable
Stories, Antiquities, Wonders, Rarityes, Pleasures, and Commo-
dities of the same. Digested in a Poem by MICHAELL DRAY-
TON, Esq. Folio.

London: Printed for M. Lownes, J. Browne, J. Helme, J. Busbie.
1613. With a Frontispiece, whole-length Portrait of Henry
Prince of Wales, engraved by William Hole, and Maps.

To the Second Edition, 1622, were added Twelve Books, descri
bing the East and North Parts of the Island. Reprinted in a

folio Edition of Drayton's Works in 1748, and in an octavo Edition in Four Volumes, in 1753.

The History of the Worthies of England. Endeavoured by THOMAS FULLER, D.D. With a Portrait of the Author, by D. Loggan. Folio, Lond. 1662.

An Abridgement and Continuation was published in octavo in 1684, intitled" Anglorum Speculum; or The Worthies of England in Church and State, by G. S."

The original Work was reprinted in Two Volumes, quarto, in 1811, with a few explanatory Notes, by John Nichols, F.A.S. Magna Britannia et Hibernia, Antiqua et Nova: or A New Survey of Great Britain; wherein to the Topographical Account given by Mr. Cambden, and the late Editors of his Britannia, is added a more large History, not only of the Cities, Boroughs, Towns, and Parishes mentioned by them, but also of many other Places of Note, and Antiquities since discovered. Collected and composed by an impartial Hand*. In SIX VOLUMES. Quarto. Lond. in the Savoy, 1720-1731,

Magna Britannia: being a concise Topographical Account of the several Counties of Great Britain. By the Rev. DANIEL LYSONS, Rector of Rodmarton in Gloucestershire; and SAMUEL LYSONS, Esq. Keeper of His Majesty's Records in the Tower of London. Plates. Quarto.. Lond. 1813-1817.

*Seven Parts are already published, of which there are copies on LARGE PAPER.

ENGLAND DESCRIBED: or The several Counties and Shires thereof briefly handled; some Things also premised, to set forth the Glory of this Nation. By EDWARD LEIGH, Esquire, Mr of Arts of Magdalen Hall, in Oxford. Octavo. Lond. 1659. BRITANNIA: or, A Geographical Description of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the Isles and Territories thereunto belonging. By RICHARD BLOME. Folio. Lond. 1672. ANGLIA REDIVIVA; being a full Description of all the Shires, Cities, principal Towns and Rivers in England; with some useful Observations concerning what is most remarkable, whether in relation to their Antiquity, Situation, Buildings, Traffick, or Inhabitants. Collected by Mr. DUNSTAR. Duodecimo. Lond. 1699. Britannia Baconica: or, The Natural Rarities of England, Scotland, and Wales, according as they are to be found in every Shire: historically related, according to the Precepts of the Lord Bacon; and the Causes of many of them philosophically attempted: by J. CHILDREY. Small octavo. Lond. 1661. Admirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders in England, Scotland, and Ireland; being an Account of many remarkable Per

*The Rev. Thos Cox, Vicar of Bromfield, Essex.

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