The history of the world, in five books.
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618)
Category
Books
Date
1736
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3013794
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.( [2], ccxxxii, [1], ccxxxviii-ccl, [8], xxxii, [25], 4-817, [49]p.), plates . port.., maps . fol... Two volumes bound as one. Provenance: Hervey armorial bookplate, with Baron's coronet, label mark of cadency [i.e. first son] and motto Je n'oublierai jamais [probably John Augustus, Lord Hervey (1757-1796)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full sprinkled leather binding; gilt fillet border; Twentieth-century rebacked spine gilt ruled and lettered: "Raleigh's History of the World 1736".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618)