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London: Printed for G. Conyers, J. J. and P. Knapton, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, B. Sprint, R. Robinson, B. Motte, J. Walthoe, A. Ward, J. Clarke, S. Birt, T. Wotton, T. Longman, H. Whitridge, H. Lintot, and J. and R. Tonson, 1736. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Folio; [2], ccxxxii, [1], ccxxxviii-ccl, [8], xxxii, [25], 4-370 pages; VG-; Volume 1 only of 2. Rebacked and recornered; spine restained to match early boards. Chipping, rubbing, and general shelfwear to boards, particularly at edges and corners. Damp staining to first five printed leaves. Small open tear to p. 4. Five fine double-page maps. Titlepages in red and black. Published in 61 parts, the last part advertised in 'The monthly catalogue' for March 1736. A remarkably clean and bright copy. Engraved frontispiece by G. Vertue.; JR consignment; shelved Room G Oversized item(s). Will require additional postage for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s).…
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London: Robert White, 1677. Early printing of this classic work. Folio, bound in full calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, morocco spine label, additional engraved title (dated 1676), engraved frontispiece and 8 double-page maps and plans. In very good condition. The success of Raleighs History can perhaps be explained by the very fact that it is not a work of history in the academic sense but a political tract of immediate applicability. Its author embodied all the glories of the reign of Elizabeth I, which at the time of publication had already begun to be transfigured into a golden age Raleigh can be taken as the epitome of the Elizabethan idea of courtier and politician, sailor and explorer, writer and poet He was among the first Englishmen to envisage clearly that the Americas should be the principal goal of English overseas expansion The reversal of Elizabeths policy by James I encompassed Raleighs ruin He finally fell a victim to Jamess pro-Spanish inclinations, and the last Elizabethan died by the executioners axe" (PMM 117).
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- Date Published 1677
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THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, IN FIVE BOOKS [VOLUME ONE ONLY]
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The History of the World, in five books.
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London: Printed [by Humphrey Lownes] for H. Lownes, G. Lathum, and R. Young,, 1628 Fourth edition. Title page with engraving of Cicero's Magistra Vitae holding up the earth by Renold Elstracke dated 1614, portrait of Raleigh engraved by Simon de Passe, "Minde of the Front" leaf, and eight folding maps as issued (pages 56, 108, 152, 218, 350, 270, 386, 388). Royal folio. Full contemporary brown calf, covers and edges stamped in blind, raised bands to spine with title stamped in gilt, red speckled edges, plain endpapers. Very good with light wear and cracking to calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, inner hinges reinforced, original endpapers and endbands, engraved title page tipped onto a stub, some repair to edges and strengthening along gutters on portrait, Mind of the Front, and first page of the Preface, some dampstaining throughout (most noticeably to gutters of text, Contents, and Tables), small spots of soiling to some text leaves, portrait with contemporary notation of…
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