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
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3042534
Summary
Bibliographic description
[64],184,181-555,1,1-512, 517-669, [55]p, [8] plates . ill., maps, port.. . fol.. Pencil inscription "RW Ketton-Cremer Felbrigg 1956" [i.e. Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. First two leaves, including engraved titlepage, incised and remounted. Occasional pencil marginal marks (manicules). Binding: nineteenth-century panelled tree calf, sewn onto four raised bands; title spine label, "Raleigh" gold-lettered direct onto spine.
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618)