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 recently rebound in full mahogany calf covered boards, five raised bands to the spine with gilt and morocco title label, simple blind tooling to the front and rear boards. 8vo 7¾'' x 5¾''. 588, 6 [pp] index. Both maps missing [single leaf map of England, and 8'' x 12'' fold-out map of Kent showing the beacons], now replaced with facsimiles on handmade paper, new end papers (Griffen Mill). Title page and first 14 leaves missing, facsimiles from a second edition bound-in. 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. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Antiquarian]. Seller Inventory # 93272

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Title: A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining the ...

Publisher: Imprinted at London, by Edmund Bollifant Second Edition . 1596.

Publication Date: 1596

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Poor