Lot 13 , Raleigh, Walter, Sir, (1552?-1618) - An Abridgment of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the World, in Five Books.

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, (1552?-1618) - 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. London : Printed for M. Gillyflower, and are to be sold by Ralph Smith, at the Bible under the Royal Exchange, 1700. 8vo. 18th century speckled calf boards rebacked to style with raised bands with gilt rules and lettering to compartments.
£160-200

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[56], 363, [1], 36, 33-91, [5].pp. portrait+title+pub. advert. [1]+Bookseller to reader[1]+A4-Aa8. "The publisher's advertisement to the reader" from: Laurence Echard. Text and register are continuous despite pagination. [5] pages at end = "Books printed for and sold by Matthew Gillyflower, at the Spread-Eagle, in Westminster-hall.". extremities worn, title and portrait coming loose with tape repair, some occasion browning, a few leaves with marginal tears, no loss to text.