A Topographie Or Survey of the County of Kent. With Some Chronological, Historicall, and Other Matters Touching the Same: And the Several Parishes and Places therein. By Richard Kilburne of Hawkhurst, Esq. [First EDITION Half Leather Binding]

Richard Kilburne

Edité par London: Thomas Mabb for Henry Atkinson, 1659

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London: Thomas Mabb for Henry Atkinson, 1659, First Edition. Numerous errors in pagination as called for, pagination collated and complete. Contemporary ink marginalia to page 149, page 359 torn at the base with loss (see photo). Woodcut initials and head and tail-pieces. Occasional light smudges and spots of foxing, pages wrinkled throughout, frontispiece frayed around the edges. Recent half calf with a red and black title labels. In his 'Epistle Dedicatory', Kilburne writes of his intention to present 'the Kent of his own day', and to depict 'the county as it was before the Civil War'. Hasted, in his 1797 History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, dismisses Kilburne's work as being 'little more than a Directory'. However, 'Kent was not well served by early topographers, and Kilburne's small survey was extensively quoted on sixteen occasions by Robert Furley and, over the years in Archaeologia Cantiana, as a first source of reference, and not without some praise. The Topographie devoted disproportionate attention to Hawkhurst: 10 pages out of 422 (because of Kilburne s origins), or, in the words of one writer, 'as much space to it as to twenty other average parishes' (Archaeologia Cantiana, 5, 1863, 59). Kilburne (from Hawkhurst) justified this, however: "In respect I finde not any description of this Parish it having been the place of my habitation for above twenty eight years last past (God's Providence having also there lent me an inheritance), I thought fit to enlarge my selfe upon this place. (Kilburne, 126) . [viii], 422, [xii]pp, with portrait frontispiece. Approximately 7 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition sound, gilt titles to red and black labels. Joints good condition gentle wear. Corners good condition. Boards good condition, leather quarters with marbled boards. Page edges good condition darkened, Kilburne of Kent written to the page edges as was the custom in those times. Books were stored spine at the back in libraries with page edges out. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition new. End papers good condition new. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition some marks, closed tears and foxing, rear of the frontispiece with ink inscriptions, page 359 torn with loss. Binding good condition very attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1659 Binding: Hardback.

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• Titre: A Topographie Or Survey of the County of Kent. With Some Chronological, Historicall, and Other Matters Touching the Same: And the Several Parishes and Places therein. By Richard Kilburne of Hawkhurst, Esq. [First EDITION Half Leather Binding]
• Éditeur: London: Thomas Mabb for Henry Atkinson
• Date de parution: 1659
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Good