Author: RAUTHEMEL (Richard):
Title: Antiquiates Bremetonacenses: or The Roman Antiquities of Overborough.
Description: Kirby Lonsdale: Printed by and for Arthur Foster. 1824. 8vo, 210 x 127 mms., pp. [ii], [iii - v], vi, 138, engraved frontispiece of Burrow Hall, 1 folding map, 1 folding plan, 3 further engraved plates, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt spine (rubbed); list of subscribers and 3 leaves (pp. 39 - 44) sprung, some general wear to binding, but a good copy. This work was first published by Henry Woodfall in a quarto edition in 1746. The curious note about the author at the end of the present volume tells the reader that he was born in Little Rowland and died there, neglecting to give dates for either event. The author himself seems to have had something of the same affliction, as a report published in 2009, Land Adjacent to Temple Cottage, Over Burrow, Lancashire records, "In 1746 a considerable volume was written about the fort by the Rev. Richard Rauthmel, Antiquitates Bremetonacenses of the Roman Antiquities of Overborough, which was reissued in 1824. Both the original and the revised editions of this publication relate to phases of extensive building at the site, which would undoubtedly have exposed remains relating to the fort (op cit, 37). Ironically, given its supposed subject, Rauthmel's book contained remarkably little information about the fort and it was not until the early 20th century that any serious excavation was undertaken."

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