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]

Editore: Printed by R. Hodgkinsonne, for D. Pakeman, living at the Rainbow in Fleetstreet, neer the inner Temple Gate, London Third Edition Corrected and Enlarged . 1656., 1656

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Third edition rebacked saving the orignal calf covered boards, simple title label and gilt to the spine. 8vo 6½'' x 4½''. Original end papers saved. Contains xiv, 656 pp + 24 pp. Decorated by headpiece vignettes and initials, the 'Carde of the Beacons' was omitted although there is a catchword for it on p. 68. 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 page margins, name to the top of the title page Mrs. Henley Docking. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Antiquarian].

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• Titolo: 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
• Editore: Printed by R. Hodgkinsonne, for D. Pakeman, living at the Rainbow in Fleetstreet, neer the inner Temple Gate, London Third Edition Corrected and Enlarged . 1656.
• Data di pubblicazione: 1656
• Rilegatura: Rilegato
• Condizione: mediocre