Publications of William Borlase

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  • Borlase, William. Observations on the 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: Exemplify'd and prov'd by Monuments now Extant in Cornwall and the Scilly Islands, Faithfully drawn on the Spot, and Engrav'd according to their Scales annex'd. With A Summary Of The Religious, Civil, and Military State of Cornwall before the Norman Conquest; Illustrated by the Plans and Elevations of several Ancient Castles, An Eastern View of the Monastery and Site of St. Michael's Mount: and a vocabulary of the Cornu-British language. By William Borlase, A. M. F. R. S. Rector of Ludgvan. Oxford: printed by W. Jackson, in the High-Street, MDCCLIV. [1754]. ESTC No. T131270. Grub Street ID 180289.
  • Borlase, William. Observations on the ancient and present state of the islands of Scilly, and their importance to the trade of Great-Britain. In a letter to the Reverend Charles Lyttelton, ... By William Borlase, ... Oxford: printed by W. Jackson. Sold by W. Sandby, and R. Baldwin, London; Mess. Fletcher, Clements, and Parker, in Oxford; [and 2 others each in Bath, in Exeter and in Cornwall], 1756. ESTC No. T144116. Grub Street ID 191055.
  • Borlase, William. The natural history of Cornwall. The air, climate, waters, rivers, lakes, sea and tides; of the stones, semimetals, Metals, Tin, and the manner of mining; The Constitution of the Stannaries; Iron, Copper, Silver, Lead, and Gold, found in Cornwall. Vegetables, Rare Birds, Fishes, Shells, Reptiles, and Quadrupeds: of the inhabitants, Their Manners, Customs, Plays or Interludes, Exercises, and Festivals; the Cornish Language, Trade, Tenures, and Arts. Illustrated with a new sheet map of the country, and twenty-eight folio copper-plates from Original Drawings taken on the Spot. By William Borlase, A. M. F. R. S. Rector of Ludgvan, and Author of the Antiquities of Cornwall. Oxford: printed for the author; by W. Jackson: sold by W. Sandby, at the Ship in Fleet-Street London; and the booksellers of Oxford, MDCCLVIII. [1758]. ESTC No. T139226. Grub Street ID 187097.
  • Borlase, William. 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. The second edition, revised, with several additions, by the author; to which is added a map of Cornwall, and two new plates.. 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]. ESTC No. T139784. Grub Street ID 187618.