An abridgment of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the world, . in five books. I. From the creation to Abraham. II. From Abraham to the destruction of the temple of Solomon. III. From the destruction of Jerusalem to Philip of Macedon. IV. From Philip of Macedon to the race of Antigonus. V. From the establishment of Alexander until the conquest of Asia and Macedon by the Romans. Wherein the particular chapters and paragraphs are succinctly abridg'd according to his own method, in the larger volume. To which is added, his Premonition to Princes. With some genuine remains of that learned knight, viz. I. Of the first invention of shipping. II. A relation of the action at Cadiz. III. A dialogue between a Jesuite and a recusant. IV. An apology for his unlucky voyage to Guiana. Publish'd by Phillip Raleigh, esquire, the only grandson to Sir Walter.
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618)
Category
Books
Date
1700
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048745
Summary
Bibliographic description
[56],363,[1],36,33-91,[5]p. . port.. . 8vo.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: H.7. Appears to differ from ESTC r222032? There are [56]p. prelims., even counting the frontis. into the pagination, but nothing appears to be missing. r222032 notes state: 'Register begins anew on p. 1 (second sequence)', but in the Dunham copy p. 1 is the recto of sig. 2A7?. Provenance: Monogram spine stamp: GW beneath earl's coronet, letters smooth (19mm x 16mm) [i.e.: George Booth, 2nd earl of Warrington (1675-1758)].. Binding: Sprinkled, panelled calf; blind ruled, rolled and tooled; spine gilt, monogram spine stamp: GW beneath earl's coronet, letters smooth (19mm x 16mm) [i.e.: George Booth, 2nd earl of Warrington (1675-1758)]; red spine label: 'Raleigh abridgmt.'.
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618) Laurence Echard (c1670 - 1730) Philip Raleigh (1705)