Author: JOHN HARRIS
Title: The History of Kent. In Five Parts. Containing, I. An Exact Topography or Description of the County. II. The Civil History of Kent. III. The Ecclesiastical History of Kent. IV. The History of the Royal Navy of England. V. The Natural History of Kent. Volume I. [all published]
Description: Printed and sold by D. Midwinter, 1719. Folio. pp. iii [dedication], [blank], iv [preface], ii [An Ode in Praise of Kent], iv [list of subscribers], 592, xl [index and additions]> two portrait frontispieces, folding map with the arms of the subscribers, 42 other plates, most folding after J. Kipp and T. Badeslade. [Complete] Contemporary panelled calf, later reback and some minor restoration to the corners. The first page of the preface has an old repaired tear and the original portrait frontispiece has an old abrasion. A later issue of the frontispiece, separately published and printed by J. Smith in Exeter Change is bound in as a duplicate. With the bookplate of Cecil Foljambe, First Earl of Liverpool. All published, being issued shortly after the author's death, this publication is particularly noteworthy for the attractive engraved map, often removed for display, and the fine large views of Kent country houses and estates.

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