History of the world
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618)
Category
Books
Date
1666
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire
NT 3178308
Summary
Bibliographic description
[66], 1143, [55] p., [8] folded leaves of plates : ill., genealogical tables, maps, port. ; fol. Provenance: nineteenth-century round seal bookplate: "Arms of Harry Foley Vernon" [i.e. Sir Harry Foley Vernon (1834-1920)]. Endpaper inscribed: Mitford. Two earlier inscriptions on titlepage crossed through. [Ex libris ... Gibbins?]. Binding: seventeenth-century calf; double gilt fillet border; gilt tooled spine and board edges; six raised bands; spine damaged and lacks spine label: Raleigh's Hist: of the world.
Makers and roles
Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618)