Lot 278 , [Raleigh, Sir Walter - The Historie of the World] i.e. lacks printed title; present are the engraved title and the 'Mind of the Front' leaf, some contents pages, thereafter the Preface

° [Raleigh, Sir Walter - The Historie of the World] i.e. lacks printed title; present are the engraved title and the 'Mind of the Front' leaf, some contents pages, thereafter the Preface,
Text (etc.) all present; also includes a d-page battle plan and four d-page maps (only, no portrait of other plates), text engravings, head and tailpiece decorations, decorated initials; sometime rebound half morocco and marbled boards, gilt-lettered panelled spine, roy. 4to. [for R. White, I. Place and G. Dawes, 1666].

£140-180

Condition:
Contents commence (2nd bk., chap VI) sig. bl., thus only (24)pp.; Preface (32)pp.; Text pp.1-1143; To the Reader (2)pp. nb. some irregular pagination brings main text to (1145)pp.; engraved title dated 1665 and 'History' of the World; d-colour printing; engraved title with stained fore-edge and repairs, 'Mind' leaf lightly soiled and marked, 8 blanks inserted for missing prelims., some spots etc., but generally good; new e/ps and blanks.

Sold for £170