581 MIDDLESEX. I.. SPECULUM BRITANNIE. The first parte An historicall, and chorographicall discription of Middlesex. Wherin are also alphabeticallie sett downe, the names of the cyties, townes, parishes, hamletes, howses of name, &c. Wth direction spedelie to finde anie place desired in the mappe & the distance betwene place and place without compasses. Cum Privilegio. By the Travaile and View of IOHN NORden. Anno 1593. Small quarto. (Reprinted in 1637.) An engraved Title-page as above, with Q. Elizabeth's Arms at top, a Nobleman on one side, and a Citizen with his Livery Gown on the other. Pieter Vanden Keere sculp. 1593. Dedication to the High, and most Mighty Empres ELIZABETH, Queene of England, Fraunce, and Ireland, with the Royal Arms on the reverse. Another Dedication to the Right Honorable Sir William Cecill, Knight, Lorde Bvrghley, Lord high Treasurer of England, 1 page. To the consideration of the Honorable, Wise, and Learned, 1 page. Aduertisements touching the vse of this labor, 1 page. Latin Lines, with the Saxon Alphabet, 1 page. Speculum Britanniæ, [B-H] 50 pages. An Address to the right worshipful M. William Waade, Esq. signed I. N.; and Latin Verses to the Author by Robert Nicolson, and Corrections, 2 pages. MAPS. 1. Plan of London, with an Explanation subjoined, and the Arms of the Twelve principal Companies on each side. Folded. Pieter Vanden Keere fecit, 1593. 2. Map of Myddlesex. Folded. Joannes Norden Angl. descripsit, 1593. p. 9. 3. Plan of Westminster. Folded. p. 47. And Twenty-one Shields of Arms on the various pages of letter II. SPECULUM BRITANNIE: An HISTORICAL and CHOROGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION of MIDDLESEX and HARTFORDSHIRE: wherein are alphabetically set down the Names of the Cities, Towns, Parishes, Hamlets, Houses of Note, &c. in those Counties: With Direction speedily to find any Place desired, in the Maps, and the Distance between Place and Place without Compasses. By JOHN NORDEN. Illustrated with MAPS curiously engraved by Mr. Senex, and the ARMS of the principal Persons interr'd in the County of Middlesex. To which is added, a Preparative to this Work, intended a Reconciliation of sundrie Propositions by divers Persons tendred, concerning the same, by the said Author. (The THIRD Edition.) 1 LONDON: Printed for Daniel Browne senior and junior, at the Black Swan without Temple Bar; and James Woodman, in Bow-Street, Covent Garden. MDCCXXIII. Quarto. An engraved Title, the Description being printed within a Compartment: at the top are Q. Elizabeth's Arms; on one side is a whole-length Figure of a Nobleman, and on the other, that of a Citizen in his Livery Gown:-" Speculum Britannia: An Historical and Chorographical Description of Middlesex and Hartfordshire. By the Travaile and View of John Norden." The printed Title-page as above. Another printed Title-page within a Border; viz. Norden's PREPARATIUE to his Speculum Britanniæ. Intended a reconciliation of sundrie propositions by diuers persons tendred, concerning the same. "Calum cæli Domino, terram autem dedit filiis hominum." PSALM. cxiii. 16. "A filijs Noe divisa sunt insula gentium in regionibus suis, unusquisq; secundum linguam suam. & familias suas."—GEN. x. 5. &c. Dedication to the Right Honourable Sir William Cecill Knight, Baron of Burghleigh, Lord High Treasurer of England, signed John Norden, 2 pages. 1 Auctoris In Patriæ & Antiquitates imperitiam Sententia, 1 page. To all Covrteovs Gentlemen, Inspectators and Practitioners in Geographie, in Christo salutem, signed John Norden, and dated" at my poore howse neere Fulham, 4 November 1596," [A 4-c 4] p. 7-24. An engraved Title, the same as before, with the following printed Description within the ornamented Frame: "Speculum Britannia. The first parte an historicall, and chorographicall discription of Middlesex, Wherin are also alphabeticallie sett downe the names of the cyties, townes, parishes, hamletes, howses of name &c. with direction spedelie to finde anie place desired in the mappe and the distance betwene place and place without compasses. By the travaile and View of John Norden." Dedication to Queen Elizabeth, with the Royal Arms engraved on the reverse. Another Dedication to the Right Honorable Sir William Cecill Knight, Lorde Bvrghley, Lord high Treasurer of England, signed Io. Norden, 1 page. To the Consideration of the Honorable, Wise and Learned, signed Io. Norden, 1 page. Advertisements touching the vse of this labor, signed Iohn Norden, with Latin Lines on the reverse, 2 pages. A Briefe Declaration of the Titles, Inhabitants, Divisions, and Scitvation of England or Britannia maior: a necessary introduction to our Speculum Britanniæ, [B] p. 1-8. Speculum Britannice: the first part, conteining A briefe Historicall and Chorographicall discription of MYDDLESEX, [C-H] p. 9-50.-(pages 49, 50 are not numbered.) Lines addressed to the Author by Robert Nicolson, &c. preceded with a Dedication to the right worshipful M. William Waade, Esquire, signed I. N. 4 pages. An engraved Title-page within a singular Frame;-over a small Landscape, with a Hart fording over the River Lea. "Speculi Britaniæ Pars. The description of Hartfordshire by John Norden." Latin Dedication to the Rt. Hon. Edward Seamor, Earl of Hertford, signed Jo. Norden, 1 page. To Gentlemen well affected to this trauaile, 1 page. Thinges to be considered in the use of this booke and Mappe, 1 page. The Description of Hartfordshire, [A-D 4] 31 pages. MAPS AND PLANS. 1. Map of Myddlesex. Folded. Johannes Norden Angl. descripsit, 1593. p. 9. 2. Plan of London, with the Arms of the Twelve principal Companies on each side. Folded. Johannes Norden descripsit. p. 27. 3. Plan of Westminster and Lambeth. Folded. 4. Map of Hartford Shire. p. 47. Folded. Joannes Norden perambulavit et descripsit. p. 1, of the Description of Hartford-Shire. With Twenty-one Coats of Arms on the letter-press of Mid dlesex. N. B. There are copies of this work upon LARGE Paper, III. The ANTIQUITIES of MIDDLESEX: being a Collection of the several Church Monuments in that County: also an Historical Account of each Church and Parish; with the Seats, Villages, and Names of the most eminent Inhabitants, &c. (By JOHN BOWACK.) LONDON Printed by W. Redmayne for S. Keble, at the Great Turk's-Head in Fleet Street; D. Browne, at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar; A Roper, at the Black Boy in Fleet Street; R. Smith, at the Angel and Bible without Temple-Bar; and F. Coggan in the Inner Temple Lane. MDCCV. Folio. PART 1. Containing the Parishes of Chelsea and Kensington. Title-page as above. Dedication to Hans Sloane, M.D. To the Reader, Errata, and Advertisement, 4 pages. The Antiquities of Middlesex, beginning with Chelsea, [B-G] 22 pages. A List of the Salaries of Officers and Servans belonging to the Royal Hospital at Chelsea.-Benefactions to the Poor of the Parishes of Chelsea and Kensington, p. 23, 24. PART II. Title-page: "The Second Part of the Antiquities of Middlesex : being a Collection of the several Monuments and Inscriptions in the Parish Churches of Fulham, Hammersmith, Chiswick, |
