Nenia Britannica; or, A sepulchral history of Great Britain; From the earliest period to its general conversion to Christianity. Including a complete series of the British, Roman, and Saxon sepulchral rites and ceremonies, with the contents of several hundred burial places, opened under a careful inspection of the author. The barrows containing urns, swords, spear-heads, daggers, knives, battle-axes, shields, and armill&:-decorations of women; consisting of gems, pensile ornaments, bracelets, beads, gold and silver buckles, broaches ornamented with precious stones; several magical instruments; some very scarce and unpublished coins; and a variety of other curious relics deposited with the dead. Tending to illustrate the early part of and to fix on a more unquestionable criterion for the study of antiquity: to which are added, observations on the Celtic, British, Roman, and Danish Barrows, discovered in Britain. By the Rev. James Douglas, F.A.S. chaplain in Ordinary to His Royal Highness t

People / Organizations

• James Douglas (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed by John Nichols; for Benjamin and John White, M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]

Publication year

1793

ESTC No.

T208797

Grub Street ID

237570

Description

vi,197,[3]p.,XXXVI plates : ill. ; 2°.

Note

In this issue, the titlepage with the imprint "printed by John Nichols; for George Nichol" is absent; the ornament on p. [3] depicts a draped urn; and the plates are preceded by an additional titlepage bearing a vignette 'Cicero discovering the tomb of Archimedes'.

Uncontrolled note

Cf. t146568, t146569