Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Thu, Oct 20, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 90
RALEIGH, Walter, Sir (1552?1618). The History of the World,...
Estimate: $300 - $500
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RALEIGH, Walter, Sir (1552?1618). The History of the World, in Five Books [with] The Life of Sir Walter Raleigh. London: for Robert White, et al, 1677. Folio in sixes (383 x 229 mm). Additional engraved allegorical title?page dated 1676 by Renold Elstrack, with ?The Mind of the Front? leaf opposite recto, 8 engraved double?page maps and plans after or attributed to William Hole (lacks portrait frontispiece). Early calf rebacked (covers detached and worn). Provenance: William Wheatley? (signature on title?page). Early edition, of Raleigh?s famous unfinished world history first published in 1614 and written while imprisoned in the Tower of London. ESTC R33510; Pforzheimer 820 (first edition); Sabin 67560; Wing R167.
