Stukeley, William (1687-1765)

Britannia sacra antiquissima, or the religion of the Druids deduced from British coins. Author's holograph MS. Illustrated with 90 small engraved cut-outs of coins. Produced in Stamford.

c. 1750

1 volume 1 l. + 58 ff. (first & last bl.). 4to. 20 × 15. Original green vellum binding.

Purchased at Sotheby's 1/4/1931, Lot 578.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

From the library of Oliver S. F. St. John, a direct descendant of the author.