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Record Nr.

UNISA996391648003316

Autore

Raleigh Walter, Sir, <1552?-1618.>

Titolo

The history of the vvorld [[electronic resource] ] : In fiue bookes. 1. Intreating of the beginning and first ages of the same from the Creation vnto Abraham. ... 5. From the setled rule of Alexanders successors in the East, vntill the Romans (preuailing ouer all) made conquest of Asia and Macedon. By Sir Walter Ralegh, Knight

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : Printed by VVilliam Iaggard [, William Stansby, and Nicholas Okes] for VValter Burre, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crane, 1621]

Descrizione fisica

[66], 184, 181-555, [1], 510, 515-669, [55] p., [8] folded plates : genealogical tables (woodcuts), maps

Soggetti

History, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

With an engraved title-page portrait of Raleigh.

With an additional engraved title page dated 1614 (the same found in STC 20637-41).

Jaggard's and Burre's names and publication date from colophon. "Stansby pr[inted]. quires 2nd A-K; N. Okes pr. the preface, Jaggard the rest"--STC.

The first leaf contains "The minde of the front.".

"The first part of the historie of the vvorld .. The third booke" begins new pagination; register is continuous.

Includes indexes.

A variant of the Jaggard edition with colophon dated 1617.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014