Britannicarum gentium historiæ antiquæ scriptores tres

by of Cirencester (pseud.) Richard, Bertramus, Carolus [Bertram, Charles J. (Charles Julius)

8vo. pp. [10], 198, [17]. Mottled calf. Tooled boards with single filet, gilded spine on 5 bars, brown panel, marbled pastedowns, sprayed edges. Plate and label of Edward Gibbon. Manuscript purchase note signed C.E. Stevens. Full-page engraving facing title, with caption "Scriptores historiae" and signature "C.B. inv. & Sc. 1758." Engraved vignette on title page. Head-and tailpieces, engraved initial. Thick paper copy. First edition of the ‘Richard of Cirencester’ hoax, with the booklabel and first bookplate of Edward Gibbon (G. Keynes, The library of Edward Gibbon. A catalogue of his books. London, 1940, p. 69), who was perhaps Bertram’s most illustrious victim: see E. Gibbon, The History of

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