§24. Gibson’s Edition of Camden’s "Britannia". XIII. Scholars and Antiquaries. Vol. 9. From Steele and Addison to Pope and Swift. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes. 1907

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21).
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§ 24. Gibson’s Edition of Camden’s Britannia.

Among other considerable topographical undertakings of this period was the edition of Camden’s Britannia (1695) translated and edited by Edmund Gibson, bishop of London, Tanner’s friend and fellow-worker, which included contributions by many contemporary antiquaries, and Magna Britannia et Hibernia antiqua et nova (1720–31), which, apparently a booksellers’ venture, did not claim originality, but was an able compilation edited by Thomas Cox from published sources. Its six volumes contain only English counties.