Antiquities, historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall : consisting of several essays on the first inhabitants, druid-superstition, customs, and remains of the most remote antiquity in Britain, and the British Isles, exemplified and proved by monuments now extant in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, with a vocabulary of the Cornu-British language / By William Borlase, LL.D. F.R.S., Rector of Ludgvan, Cornwall.
Edition:
The second edtion / revised, with several additions by the author; to which is added a map of Cornwall and two new plates.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols: For S. Baker and G. Leigh, in York Street; T. Payne, at the Mews Gate, St. Martin's; and Benjamin White, at Horace's Head, in Fleet Street, MDCCLXIX [1769]
Physical Description:
xvi, 464 p., 37 leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 37 x 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by John Green and Benjamin Green; after William Borlase.
Subject Terms:
Cornwall (England : County) -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800. | Cornwall (England : County) -- History -- Early works to 1800. | Druids and Druidism -- Early works to 1800. | Cornish language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. -- Early works to 1800. | Bowyer, W. -- Printer | Nichols, J. -- Printer | Baker, S. -- Publisher | Leigh, G. -- Publisher | Payne, T. -- Publisher | White, Benjamin -- Publisher | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1769