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Magna Britannia : or topographical, historical, ecclesiastical, and natural history of Wiltshire : with pedigrees of all the noble families and gentry, both ancient and modern, biographical notices of eminent and learned men to whom this County has given birth; also an alphabetical table of the towns, villages, and hamlets, with the several hundreds and deaneries in which they stand, together with the value of the churches in the King's books, collected and composed according to the best relations extant
Magna Britannia et Hibernia, antiqua & nova. Or, a new survey of Great Britain.
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- Creator
- by the Rev. Thomas Cox
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- Language
- English
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- In the Savoy : Printed by Eliz. Nutt : sold by M. Nutt and J. Morphew, 1720
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- 47-215, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : folded map ; 23 cm
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- ocn334535675
- Detached from Cox's Magna Britannia et Hibernia with a new t.p.; pagination and signatures remain unchanged.
- According to the Dictionary of National Biography, Gough (British topography I. 33,34) says that Cox's Magna Britannia et Hibernia was originally published in monthly numbers as a supplement to the five volumes of ʻAtlas geographus', 1711-17. It contains only the English counties.
- Map signed "R. Spofforth, Sculp."
- Dict. of nat. biog., v.12, p.417.
Subjects
- Nobility -- England -- Wiltshire -- Early works to 1800.
- Wiltshire (England) -- History -- Early works to 1800.
- Wiltshire (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
- Wiltshire (England) -- Genealogy -- Early works to 1800.
- Wiltshire (England) -- Church history -- Early works to 1800.