A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining The Description, Hystorie, and Customs of That Shire &c.

LAMBARDE William.

Verlag: London: Edm. Bollisant, 1596

Beschreibung

The second edition, 'now increased and altered after the Authors owne last copie.' Octavo (19 x 14cm). The text in black letter with woodcut initials. 'Lambarde published his Perambulation of Kent in 1576, the result of a combination of a legal career with strong antiquarian interests. Its chief value lies in the very detailed descriptions of Kentish customs and its economic survey of the county.'- Currie & Lewis. pp. [10],588,[6]. With a woodcut map of Britain to letterpress plus a folding woodcut map of the Beacons in Kent. Inscription to title dated 1656. A few minor marks, one leaf of text with a small paper-flaw, but not affecting text, small circular 16th or 17th C woodcut portrait of the second Pliny pasted to blank margin of p.142. An excellent clean copy bound in 20th C half calf with raised bands, old label, gilt & 19th C engraved armorial bookplate of William Deedes. [Smith 1; Upcott 350; Hazlitt II, 331; STC 15176; Currie & Lewis 208; Sayle 2053; Goldsmiths 275]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 11581

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Titel: A Perambulation of Kent: Conteining The ...

Verlag: London: Edm. Bollisant

Erscheinungsdatum: 1596