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.

People / Organizations

• William Borlase (Author)

Imprint

Oxford: printed by W. Jackson, in the High-Street, MDCCLIV. [1754]

Publication year

1754

ESTC No.

T131270

Grub Street ID

180289

Description

xvi,413,[1]p.,plates : ill.,map ; 2⁰

Note

With a list of subscribers.

Uncontrolled note

The plates are numbered in one sequence, but some are on separate leaves and some are printed onto the letterpress pages as illustrations