William Camden (1551 in London - 1623 in Chislehurst, London) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Annales, the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England.
Camden, William. Britannia. First edition with county maps. "Britannia, sive Florentissimorum regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, ...". London: Bishop and Norton, 1607. Fol. (16), 860, (24) pp. with engraved title page, 57 engraved maps, 8 full-page engraved illustrations of coins and many woodcuts in the text. Full parchment binding from the time.
Camden, Wiliam (1551-1623). Britannia. "Britain, Or a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes ...". Londýn: Bishop a Norton, 1610. Fol. (6) ll., 822, 233, (1) str., (27) ll. s množstvím dřevořez. il. a 10 mědiiryt. tabulemi v textu. Celokož. vazba z poč. 18. stol.
Camden, William (1551-1623). "Remaines Concernig Britaine". London: Thomas Harper for John Waterson, 1637. Small 4to. Engraved frontispiece (Camden's portrait), (3) leaves, 420 pp., (1) leaf. Orig. full-leather binding from the time with gilt title on the spine.