Lot 1011 , Lambard, William. A Perambulation of Kent: conteining the description, hystorie, and customes of that shyre... First Edition.

° Lambard, William. A Perambulation of Kent: conteining the description, hystorie, and customes of that shyre... First Edition. title within decorated wood engraved border, Heptarchy map, decorated/historiated initial letters, black letter (main text); (17), 435pp.; old calf, sometime rebacked with blind decorated panelled spine and red label, sm. 4to. Imprinted at London for Ralph Newberie... 1576. *the first history of an English county; this first edition includes details of the Heralds 1574 Visitation - omitted in subsequent printings.
£400-600

Condition:
good bdng., e/ps replaced, lt. light soiling at end but gen. clean text, few headlines cut close/shaved and lt. copped in 2/3 places, map just shaved along lower edge; some pagination errors (but self correct); early title ownership - William Brockman, and some old ink notes to margins of early leaves; colophon on final page - Imprinted at London by Henrie Middleton, for Rafe Newbery... 1576. signatures - q4, qq4, A-q4, H5, I-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Hhh4, Iii2. (nb. in H5 two leaves are signed H2).