The history of the world, in five books. . The first, intreating of the beginning and first ages of the same, from the creation unto Abraham. The second, of the times from the birth of Abraham to the destruction of the temple of Solomon. The third, from the destruction of Jerusalem to the time of Philip of Macedon. The fourth, from the reign of Philip of Macedon, to the establishing of that kingdom in the race of Antigonus. The fifth, from the settled rule of Alexander's successours in the East, until the Romans (prevailing over all) made conquest of Asia and Macedon. By Sir VValter Ralegh, Knight. Whereunto is added in this edition, the life and tryal of the author.
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618)
Category
Books
Date
1677
Materials
Place of origin
England
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Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 3020039
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Bibliographic description
[2],[24],36,[22],708,737-885,[47]p., frontis., plates . ill.., port.., maps . fol.. UNVERIFIED. Provenance: With seven lines of manuscript notes on the free endpaper, in a probably late seventeenth-century hand. Binding: Seventeenth century plain calf binding; spine with red spine label, perhaps nineteenth century.
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Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618)