A perambulation of Kent : conteining the description, hystorie, and customes of that shyre / collected and written (for the most part) in the year 1570 by William Lambard of Lincolnes Inne gent., and nowe increased by the addition of some things which the authour him selfe hath obserued since that time.
1576
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Title
A perambulation of Kent : conteining the description, hystorie, and customes of that shyre / collected and written (for the most part) in the year 1570 by William Lambard of Lincolnes Inne gent., and nowe increased by the addition of some things which the authour him selfe hath obserued since that time.
Created/published
Imprinted at London : For Ralphe Nevvberie, dwelling in Fleetestreete a little aboue the conduit, anno 1576.
Description
[16], 58, 58-59, 59-435, [1] p. : map ; 20 cm (4to)
Associated name
Lambarde, William, 1536-1601, author.
Newbery, Ralph, -1604, bookseller.
Middleton, Henry, -1587, printer.
copy 2 Thomas, Roger, active 16th century, former owner.
copy 2 Innes-Smith, Robert, former owner.
Newbery, Ralph, -1604, bookseller.
Middleton, Henry, -1587, printer.
copy 2 Thomas, Roger, active 16th century, former owner.
copy 2 Innes-Smith, Robert, former owner.
Note
Customal of Kent, translation and original in alternate lines: page 416-427.
Colophon: Imprinted at London by Henrie Middleton, for Rafe Newbery dwelling in Fleetstreate a litle aboue the conduite. Anno Domini 1576.
Signatures: [par.]-2[par.]⁴ A-G⁴ H⁴(H1+[superscript chi]H2) I-3H⁴ 3I²; 2[par.]3, 2D2, 2L3, 2S2, and 2T3 missigned '2[par.]2', 'Dii', 'Kkij', 'Sij', and 'Tiii' respectively.
With an engraved map "Angliae Heptarchia", leaf 2[par.]4.
Two settings of 3I are known to exist. In one, page 433 (3I1r) has "Quinborow" and "Religious houses in Kent. and their values." Another has "Quinborowe" and "Religious houses in Kent, and theyr values."
Leaf [superscript chi]H2 contains "The names of the Kentish writers."
Errata: pages 2[par.]3v-2[par.]4r.
Includes index.
Colophon: Imprinted at London by Henrie Middleton, for Rafe Newbery dwelling in Fleetstreate a litle aboue the conduite. Anno Domini 1576.
Signatures: [par.]-2[par.]⁴ A-G⁴ H⁴(H1+[superscript chi]H2) I-3H⁴ 3I²; 2[par.]3, 2D2, 2L3, 2S2, and 2T3 missigned '2[par.]2', 'Dii', 'Kkij', 'Sij', and 'Tiii' respectively.
With an engraved map "Angliae Heptarchia", leaf 2[par.]4.
Two settings of 3I are known to exist. In one, page 433 (3I1r) has "Quinborow" and "Religious houses in Kent. and their values." Another has "Quinborowe" and "Religious houses in Kent, and theyr values."
Leaf [superscript chi]H2 contains "The names of the Kentish writers."
Errata: pages 2[par.]3v-2[par.]4r.
Includes index.
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Vivat Rex! (catalog entry 94)
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, S108236
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 15175
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 15175
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 15175 copy 1
Folger-specific note
Manuscript notes: a few notes in margins; some manuscript corrections and page numbers corrected in ink. Red goatskin binding, gold-tooled; lettered in gilt on front cover: 'Lambarde First Edition 1576'; signed by L. Broga (?). Provenance: inscriptions: on t.p.: 'Thomas Chapman'; and on 2I2v: 'John Ffowle' [Fowles]; pasted to front fly-leaf is a clipping from dealer's catalogue (item no. 59) which describes a copy of this edition; bookplate of Henry White (motto 'praesto et persto'); Sotheby sale of White library, 21 April-2 May 1902:1313
Folger accession
cs89
Call number
STC 15175 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Imperfect: wanting leaves 2M4-2O1 and 2R4; missing text supplied in manuscript in a later hand. State with "Quinborow" and "Religious houses in Kent. and their values." Autograph: liber Rogeri Thomas, 3s. Numerous contemporary manuscript annotations (particularly pertaining to legal matters), corrections, augmentations, underlining, manicules. Armorial bookplate (motto: Stet fortuna nostra): Robert Innes-Smith. Trimmed, with some shaving of marginalia and headlines. The engraved map is struck on both recto and verso. Leaf 2Y3 misbound before 2Y2; gathering 2H misbound between 2F and 2G. In early leather binding (mottled calf?), rebacked. Acquired from Arthur Freeman, 2014-09-18.
Folger accession
268639