A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Defcription, Hystorie, and Customes of that Shyre. Written in the yeere 1570 by William Lambarde of Lincolnes Inne Gent: firft publifhed in the yeere 1576 and now increafed and altered after the Authors owne laft Copie

Lambarde [also Lambard], William [1536-1601]

Published by Imprinted at London, by Edmund Bollifant Second Edition . 1596., 1596

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Second edition in calf covered boards, title label and gilt embellishments between five raised bands to the spine. 8vo 7¾'' x 5¾'' xiv, 588, 6 [pp] index. Single leaf map of England, 8'' x 12'' fold-out map of Kent showing the beacons. Lambarde was an English jurist and antiquary. In 1556 he was admitted to Lincoln's Inn and in 1568 he published a collection and transcript of Saxon laws. In 1574 he founded a hospital for the poor in Greenwich. Written in 1570 and first published in 1576, the book was the first county history published in Britain, in 1581 he published a manual for justices of the peace entitled 'Eirenarcha' and in 1601 he became keeper of the Tower records. Light toning to pages, general soiling to covers with rubbing to spine edges and corners, bookplate to upper paste down. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Antiquarian].

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• Title: A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the Defcription, Hystorie, and Customes of that Shyre. Written in the yeere 1570 by William Lambarde of Lincolnes Inne Gent: firft publifhed in the yeere 1576 and now increafed and altered after the Authors owne laft Copie
• Publisher: Imprinted at London, by Edmund Bollifant Second Edition . 1596.
• Publication Date: 1596
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Poor