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RALEIGH, SIR WALTER. The Historie of the World. 6 double-page engraved maps; 2 double-page battle diagrams; engraved portrait of Raleigh on

RALEIGH, SIR WALTER. The Historie of the World. 6 double-page engraved maps; 2 double-page battle diagrams; engraved portrait of Raleigh on letterpress title. [66], 555, [1], 669, [55] pages, including engraved additional title dated 1614, and preceding leaf of explanatory verse. Folio, early 19th-century calf gilt, rebacked retaining original backstrip; outer edges of map between pages 108 and 109 reinforced on verso, repaired clean tear on 2B5. (London: H. Lownes et al., 1628)

  • Notes: Alden 628/100; STC 20640. With the bookplates of George Bover, George Herbert Palmer, and A. Edward Newton, a signed inscription from Palmer to Newton dated 17 September 1924, and a 4 1/2-page ALS from Moncure Biddle to Newton regarding this copy, dated 22 November 1937.

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