A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining The Description, Hystorie, and Customs of That Shyre. Wrtten in the Yeere 1570 &c.

The second edition, octavo (18 x 14cm). 'The first history of any county, considered a model of topographical writing.'- Lowndes. 'Best edition.'- Ebert. pp. [10],588,[6]. Black letter. Woodcut map of the Heptarchy to text (very slighty trimmed on lower edge, as often) and folding map of the Kent Beacons. Bound in an contemporary (or early) calf, the spine in five panels, with gilt label & date, gilt initials R.B. to boards front & rear & same initials to title dated 1624. The boards with double blind borders, the board edges gilt-lined, the spine slighty darkened, the leading joint slighty cracked, leaving cords slighty exposed, but the whole tight & excellent. Later endpapers. A fresh copy, the rear half of the volume with a small single track marginal worm-hole, later double, and twelve leaves toward the rear where a little more so, but restricted to the blank margin, not affecting text & only one word of a side-note with slight loss. Later armorial bookplate of William Fuller Mailand of Stansted Hall and also neat & small modern name bookplate. Vg. [Upcott 350; Smith 1; Ebert 11654; Lowndes 1301; Huth 4232].…