The history of the world in five bookes. . 1 Intreating of the beginning and first ages of the same, from the Creation unto Abraham. 2 Of the times from the birth of Abraham ... 3 From the destruction of Jerusalem, ... 4 From the raigne of Philip of Macedon, ... 5 From the settled rule of Alexanders successors in the East, untill the Romans... By Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight.
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618)
Category
Books
Date
1652
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3042532
Summary
Bibliographic description
[66], 184, 181-555, p. 1, 512, 517-669, [55] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., geneal. tables, maps, port. ; fol. Imperfect: wanting leaf pi1. The two plates from pt. 1 book 5, p. 386-7 and 388-89 (battles of Punic War) are bound in M. Chemnitius Examinis Concilii Tridentini, 1614, Lanhydrock B.4.4. Stub of vertical fore-edge title slip pasted to leaf 5K. Provenance: occasional manuscript annotations in hand of John Robartes, 2nd Baron Robartes of Truro, 1st Earl of Radnor (1606-1685). Binding: Blind tooled, sprinkled calf, rebacked.
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618)