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 Lambarde. William.: A Perambulation Of Kent , Bath. Adams & Dart. 1970.1st edn. Hardback in d/w. 538pp. Portrait frontispiece. 1st published in 1570 this is a facsimile of the 1826 edn. Introduction by Richard Church. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Small neat inscr to front free endpaper, otherwise near FINE in VG price clipped d/w.William Lambarde wrote his Perambulation of Kent in 1570 as part of a projected 'Topographicall Dictionarie' of the whole of England, and it is the first topographical survey ever to be published in Britain. Lambarde was an eminent lawyer who eventually rose to become Keeper of the Records in the Tower. In this book he describes the `severall Regiments, Bishops Sees, Lasts,Hundrethes, Fraunchises, Liberties, Cities, Markets, Burroughs, Castles, Re-ligious Houses, and Schooles : the Portes, Havens, Rivers, Waters, and Bridges' and provides a detailed history of the county, and of each place mentioned, from the earliest times. (Book ref. 3995) £45.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, The Old Station Pottery & Bookshop , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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