STC 4521 copy 1, title page
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Creator: William Camden
Title: Remaines of a greater worke, concerning Britaine, the inhabitants thereof, their languages, names, surnames, empreses, wise speeches, poësies, and epitaphes.
Date: At London : Printed by G[eorge]. E[ld]. for Simon Waterson, 1605.
Repository: Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, USA
Call number and opening: STC 4521 copy 1, title page & sigs. A4v (p. 8)- B1r (p. 9)
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STC 4521 copy 1, signatures A4 verso and B1 recto
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Creator: William Camden
Title: Remaines of a greater worke, concerning Britaine, the inhabitants thereof, their languages, names, surnames, empreses, wise speeches, poësies, and epitaphes.
Date: At London : Printed by G[eorge]. E[ld]. for Simon Waterson, 1605.
Repository: Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, USA
Call number and opening: STC 4521 copy 1, title page & sigs. A4v (p. 8)- B1r (p. 9)
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Creator: William Camden
Title: Remaines of a greater worke, concerning Britaine, the inhabitants thereof, their languages, names, surnames, empreses, wise speeches, poësies, and epitaphes.
Date: At London : Printed by G[eorge]. E[ld]. for Simon Waterson, 1605.
Repository: Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, USA
Call number and opening: STC 4521 copy 1, title page & sigs. A4v (p. 8)- B1r (p. 9)
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Alan H. Nelson, "Remains concerning Britain: Camden praises Shakespeare," Shakespeare Documented, https://doi.org/10.37078/169.
Folger Shakespeare Library, STC 4521 copy 1. See Shakespeare Documented, https://doi.org/10.37078/169.
In 1587 William Camden (1551-1623), one of England’s most respected antiquaries, published his Britannia (ESTC), first in Latin, and then, beginning in 1610, in English. In 1605 he published out-takes from this magnum opus under the descriptive title, Remaines of a greater worke, concerning Britaine, the inhabitantes thereof, their languages, names, surnames, empreses, wise speeches, poësies, and epitaphes. Camden’s essay on “Poems,” in the Appendix, concludes with a list of recently-deceased and still living poets, including William Shakespeare. Camden expanded Remaines in its second edition (1614), adding an essay by Richard Carew which also mentions Shakespeare.
Written by Alan H. Nelson
Last updated January 25, 2020
