The History of the World, in five books

by Sir Walter Raleigh

$4,000 · Offered by B & B Rare Books

Hard Cover. London: Printed by Humphrey Lownes for H. Lownes, G. Lathum, and R. Young, 1628. Very Good. Fourth edition. Title page with engraving of Cicero's Magistra Vitae holding up the earth by Renold Elstracke dated 1614, portrait of Raleigh engraved by Simon de Passe, Minde of the Front leaf, and eight folding maps as issued pages 56, 108, 152, 218, 350, 270, 386, 388 . Royal folio. Full contemporary brown calf,

• Binding: Hardcover

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