1666 HISTORY OF THE WORLD by WALTER RALEIGH antique ILLUSTRATED FOLIO w/ 8 MAPS

RALEGH (SIR WALTER) (1552?-1618)

THE HISTORIE OF THE WORLD, IN FIVE BOOKS


London: Printed for Robert White, John Place and George Dawes, 1666

Folio,

typographical title printed in red and black;

with engraved frontispiece and portrait,

along with "The Mind of the Front,"
explaining the metaphorical meaning of the frontis;

illustrated with 8 folding double-page plates (mostly maps);

bound full original English calf, quite worn, both joints cracked, spine with raised bands, decorated in gilt
 

later endleaves;

2 text leaves with repaired tears; one folding plate with torn corner and loss to blank margin;

other minimal faults;


Wing R-164A; ESTC R31954.



full tan calf,  worn, with some damages, front cover almost detached, good interior

Folio. Size 9 1/2 by 13 3/4 inches

Text in English
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Sir Walter Raleigh's renowned unfinished world history, beginning with the Creation ending at the time of Roman ascendancy,
written while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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